from 1925- 1945, J.R.R. Tolkien held the The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, (until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon), was established by Richard Rawlinson of St. John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College.
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In 1925, J.R.R. Tolkien was appointed as a Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. This academic position allowed him to further his studies and research in Old English literature and language, which greatly influenced his later writing, particularly in creating the fictional languages of Middle-earth.
In 1925, Tolkien left his post as Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds. He then went to Oxford as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon. He had a fellowship at Pembroke College.