As a matter of fact, he had three sons. These were John Tolkien, Michael Tolkien, and Christopher Tolkien. His third son, Christopher, is the most famous, because he compiled and published several works that J.R.R. Tolkien had died without releasing. Much of what we know about the early history of Middle-earth we owe to him.
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.
The Silmarillion
he liked to write.
John Ronald Reuel. His family usually used his second name, Ronald.
Royd Tolkien is the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of "The Lord of the Rings" books. Royd Tolkien is known for his work as a film producer and his involvement in sharing his family's legacy and stories.
JRR Tolkien is a renowned author known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He also wrote the Children of Hurin and The Simmilarion.
J.R.R. Tolkien's close friend was C.S. Lewis, the author of "The Chronicles of Narnia." They met at Oxford University and shared a deep bond over their love of literature, language, and mythology. Both were members of a literary discussion group called the Inklings, where they would share and critique each other's work. Their friendship significantly influenced their writing and philosophical outlooks.
actually JRR Tolkien published only LOTR and the Hobbits as a beginning of the story but he was planning the world middlearth since he was at university. after he died his son took all the writings and published them. Silmarillion and the other books contains the whole partitions that JRR decided to put in the story. but the other parts and ideas that not decided to put in the story still exists. the unfinished tales contains this stories and ideas. if you read this tales you can understand that they are 'unfinished' and not overlap the whole story.
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January 3, 1892.
J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday is on January 3rd.