J R Tolkien's Accomplishments

J R R Tolkien, an English writer and poet, is known for being a highly skilled writer of fantasy books, such as The Hobbit. He is also known for writing The Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Silmarillion. A lesser known fact about this famous writer, is that he served in the British Army and fought during World War 2 in The Battle of the Somme. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, what is now known as the Free State Province in South Africa. Even though he has no recollection of this, his family claims he was bitten by a baboon spider when he was was a small child. His father was supposed to join the rest of his family on a trip to England, but sadly, passed away before he could go. This meant the Tolkien family no longer had a source of income. Leaving her with no choice, J R R’s mother took the kids to live with her parents in King’s Heath, Birmingham. J R R enjoyed exploring nearby areas and hence they have been reflected in his future stories. He was fascinated by many fantasy books and thus, drew his inspiration from them. His mother died when Tolkien was around twelve years old. This was due to Acute Diabetes. Prior to her death, Tolkien’s mother gave guardianship of him and his brother to a …show more content…
His first civilian job was working for a famous dictionary organization, The Oxford English Dictionary. His work was mainly the history and etymology of words that were of Germanic origin. Particularly those words that began with the letter W. Shortly after this, he became the youngest professor at the University of Leeds. His job here was as a reader in English language. While at the University, he produced A Middle English Vocabulary, a piece of academic standard work that contained the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest. It was also around this time that Tolkien wrote one of his most famous pieces of literature, The