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Four of J.R.R. contemporaries are/were Robert E. Howard, H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs and to a certain degree, H.P. Lovecraft.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's father's name was Arthur Reuel Tolkien.
His mothers name was Isabelle Moddie
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It would make sense that the author of Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien, would be the one who picked the name for the series.