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[[Image:Tolkien 1916.jpg|right|thumb|'''J. R. R. Tolkien''' in army uniform, 1916.]]  
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'''John Ronald Reuel Tolkien''' (1892–1973) was a professor of Anglo-Saxon and English language and literature at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] from 1925 to 1959. He is famously the author of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
[[Image:Tolkien 1916.jpg|right|thumb|{{#ifexist:Template:Tolkien 1916.jpg/credit|{{Tolkien 1916.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}JRR Tolkien in army uniform, taken in 1916]]  
 
'''John Ronald Reuel Tolkien''' (1892-1973) was professor of [[Anglo-Saxon]] at [[Oxford University]]. He is most famous for his work as the author of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Tolkien was born on January 3 1892 in Bloemfontein, [[South Africa]] but moved to the Midlands of [[England]], after the death of his father in 1896.
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He is most famous for his work as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was born on January 3 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa but moved to the Midlands of England, after the death of his father in 1896.