- Tolkien family
The Tolkien family is an English family whose best known member is
J. R. R. Tolkien , Oxford academic and author of thefantasy books "The Hobbit ", "The Lord of the Rings " and "The Silmarillion ".Notable members
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (
3 January 1892 –2 September 1973 ) was an English philologist, writer and professor ofOxford University .He was a devout Roman Catholic.
Much of Tolkien's published fiction is a connected body of tales, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world called
Arda , andMiddle-earth (derived from the Old English word "middangeard", the lands inhabitable byhumans ) in particular, loosely identified as an "alternative" remote past of our own world. Tolkien applied the word "legendarium " to the totality of these writings. Most of the "legendarium" was edited andposthumous ly published by his son Christopher.While Tolkien was preceded by other fantasy authors,cite book |last= de Camp|first= L. Sprague|authorlink= L. Sprague de Camp|title= |year= 1976|publisher=
Arkham House |isbn= 0-87054-076-9] his enduringly popular and successful works have had a remarkable influence on the genre. [Jane Yolen , "Introduction". "After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien", ed. Martin H. Greenberg. ISBN 0-312-85175-8] Thus he has been popularly identified as the "father of modernfantasy literature", [cite web|url= http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8119893978710705002 |title=J. R. R. Tolkien: Father of Modern Fantasy Literature|accessdate = 2006-07-20|author=Mitchell, Christopher|format=Google Video|work="Let There Be Light" series|publisher= [http://www.uctv.tv/ University of California Television] ] or to be precise,high fantasy .cite book| last = Clute, John and Grant, John, ed.| year = 1999| title =The Encyclopedia of Fantasy | publisher = St. Martin's Press| id = ISBN 0-312-19869-8]L. Sprague de Camp and others consider him the father of modern fantasy together withsword and sorcery authorRobert E. Howard (creator ofConan the Barbarian ). [cite book |last = Westfahl|first = Gary, ed.|year = 2005|title = The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders|publisher = Greenwood Press|id = ISBN 0313329508] [L. Sprague de Camp: 'The Miscast Barbarian: Robert E. Howard' in ""]Arthur Tolkien
Arthur Reuel Tolkien (c. February 1857—
15 February 1896 ), the father of authorJ.R.R. Tolkien , was born in Handsworth,Staffordshire ,England . He was the eldest child of John Benjamin Tolkien and Mary Jane Stowe, [ [http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/arthurreueltolkien.html Arthur Reuel Tolkien ] ] who had married on16 February ,1856 inAll Saints Parish Church ,Birmingham ,Warwickshire ,England .Arthur had at least 5 siblings:
*Mabel Tolkien (b. 1858), who became Mrs Thomas Evans Mitton;
*Grace Bindley Tolkien (b. 1861), who became Mrs William Charles Mountain;
*Florence Mary Tolkien (b. 1863), who became Mrs Tom Hadley;
*Wilfred Henry Tolkien (1870-1938), a stockbroker, and
*Lawrence George H. Tolkien (b. 1873), a life and fire insurance secretary, who married (Emily) Grace McGregor. Marian Esther Tolkien (b. 1866) and Mary Tolkien (b. 1870) may also have been sisters of Arthur.Arthur's father John had previously been married to Jane Holmwood, with whom he had four children: Emily (b. 1838), Louisa (b. 1840), John Benjamin (b. 1845), and Jane (b. 1846).
John Benjamin Tolkien had been a
piano teacher and tuner, as well as a music seller, but he had gone bankrupt in 1877, when he was described as "John Benjamin Tolkien, of High-street,Birmingham , in the county of Warwick, Pianoforte and Music Seller". [LondonGazette |issue=24508 |date=2 October 1877 |startpage=5498 |supp= |accessdate=2008-07-31] Arthur did not follow his father into the traditional Tolkien trade in pianos, which many of hisLondon cousins also followed; instead he became a bank clerk and ended up moving toBloemfontein in theOrange Free State (now part ofSouth Africa ), where he became manager of the Bloemfontein branch of the Bank of Africa. [ [http://www.southafrica.net/index.cfm?sitepageID=14687 Welcome to South Africa ] ] A furniture shop [ [http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/12/21/entertainment/HOBBITS.HTM hobbits ] ] now occupies the Bradlow’s Building on the site where the bank once stood, on the corner of West Burger and Maitland Streets.Arthur was later joined by his
fiancée , Mabel Suffield. They were married on16 April ,1891 at the Cape Town Cathedral,South Africa . Two children (John Ronald Reuel (b. 1892) and Hilary Arthur Reuel (b. 1894) followed, and the family lived next door to the bank.Mabel Tolkien felt the English climate would be better for the boys' health and returned to England with them in 1895. Arthur remained in South Africa, where he died of severe
haemorrhage followingrheumatic fever , on 15 February 1896, before he had the opportunity to join his family in England.He is buried in President Brand Cemetery, on the corner of Church and Rhodes Avenues, Bloemfontein. [ [http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/12/21/entertainment/HOBBITS.HTM South African newspaper report] ]
Mabel Tolkien
Mabel Tolkien, born Suffield (1870–
November 14 ,1904 ) was the mother of J. R. R. Tolkien.Her parents, John Suffield and Emily Jane Sparrow, lived in Stirling Road,
Birmingham and owned a shop in the city centre. The Suffield family had a business in a building called Lamb House since 1812. From 1812 William Suffield ran a book andstationery shop there; Tolkien's great-grandfather, also John Suffield, was there from 1826 with adrapery andhosiery business. [ [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=46417&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=13150 Image of John Suffield's shop before demolition with caption] - Birmingham.gov.uk]Her husband Arthur Tolkien's death in South Africa in 1896 left her and their two young sons without a source of income. [ME-ref|Biography|page 24] At first, they lived with her parents in Birmingham, then moved to
Sarehole (now inHall Green ), then aWorcestershire village, later annexed to Birmingham. [ME-ref|Biography|page 27]Mabel tutored her two sons, and J. R. R. (or Ronald, as he was known in the family) was a keen pupil. [ME-ref|Biography|page 29] She taught him a great deal of
botany , and she awakened in her son the enjoyment of the look and feel of plants. But his favourite lessons were those concerning languages, and his mother taught him the rudiments ofLatin very early. [cite web|last=Doughan|first=David|year=2002|url=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/tolkien/biography.html| title=JRR Tolkien Biography|work=Life of Tolkien|accessdate = 2006-03-12] She also taught him how to write, and her ornate script influenced her son's handwriting in his later life. [ME-ref|Biography]Mabel Tolkien converted to Roman Catholicism in 1900 despite vehement protests by her
Baptist family [ME-ref|Biography|page 31] who then stopped all financial assistance to her. She died of acute complications ofdiabetes in 1904 (at about 34 years of age, about as long as a person withdiabetes mellitus type 1 could live with no treatment –insulin was discovered two decades later), when Tolkien was twelve, at Fern Cottage inRednal , which they were then renting. For the rest of his life Tolkien felt that she had become amartyr for her faith, which had a profound effect on his own Catholic beliefs. [ME-ref|Biography|page 39]Edith Tolkien
Edith Mary Tolkien, born Bratt (
January 21 ,1889 –November 29 ,1971 ) was the wife of J. R. R. Tolkien. She served as the inspiration for hisfictional character Lúthien Tinúviel, an Elven princess and the most beautiful of all the Children ofIlúvatar (the name ofGod in Tolkien's fiction).Bratt first met Tolkien in 1908, when they lived in the same boarding house. Both were orphans. The two fell in love, despite Bratt being Tolkien's senior by three years. Before the end of 1909 the relationship became known to Tolkien's guardian, Father Francis Xavier Morgan, who forbade Tolkien to see Bratt until he was twenty-one. [("Great War" 2003, pg 12)] With one exception, Tolkien obeyed this instruction to the letter while Father Morgan's guardianship lasted. They were married in 1916.
The couple are buried side by side in
Wolvercote Cemetery ,Oxford ; below the names on their grave are the namesBeren andLúthien : in Tolkien's legendarium, Lúthien and the Man Beren were lovers separated for a time by Lúthien's father KingThingol .Christopher Tolkien
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (born
21 November 1924 ) is the youngest son of J. R. R. and Edith Tolkien. He is best known as his father'sliterary executor ; he is the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. "The Children of Húrin " (2007) is the latest example of his editorial work.He followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a
lecturer andtutor inEnglish Language atNew College, Oxford from 1964 to 1975.In 2001, he received some attention for his stance to
New Line Cinema 's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, directed byPeter Jackson . It was reported that he had had a falling out with his son Simon over the appropriateness of a film adaptation. [ [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=594&ObjectID=231286 The New Zealand Herald: "Feud over 'Rings' movie splits Tolkien family"] ] Responding to these reports, he said he felt "The Lord of the Rings" was "peculiarly unsuitable for transformation into visual dramatic form". However, this was just his opinion, he stressed; he said he did not disapprove of the movies, definitely not "to the point of thinking ill" of those whom he may disagree with. [ [http://www.xenite.org/faqs/lotr_movie/news_0000/472.html www.xenite.org: AP releases statement from Christopher Tolkien] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1697884.stm bbc.co.uk: Tolkien's son denies rift] ]Christopher Tolkien has been married twice. He currently lives in France with his second wife, Baillie Tolkien.
Baillie Tolkien
Baillie Tolkien, born Klass (born 1941) is the second wife of
Christopher Tolkien .She was born in
Winnipeg, Canada . She has been married to Christopher Tolkien since 1967. They have 2 children, Adam Reuel Tolkien, born 1969, and Rachel Clare Reuel Tolkien, born 1971.She is the editor of
J. R. R. Tolkien 's "Letters from Father Christmas" (formerly titled "The Father Christmas Letters"), and she was previously J. R. R. Tolkien's secretary.She sits on the board of the
Tolkien Estate .imon Tolkien
Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien (born 1959) is a British
barrister andnovelist . He is the grandson ofJ. R. R. Tolkien . He is the eldest son ofChristopher Tolkien , by the latter's first wife, Faith Faulconbridge. Simon Tolkien was educated at theDragon School inOxford and thenDownside School . He studied modern history at Trinity College, Oxford. Since 1994, he has been a barrister inLondon , where he lives with his wife and their two children. His first novel, "The Stepmother ", was published in 2003 (paperback available fromPenguin Books Ltd ). [ [http://www.simontolkien.com/ Simon Tolkien website] ]Tim Tolkien
Timothy Tolkien (born October 1962) is the great-nephew of J. R. R. Tolkien. He is a sculptor who has designed several monumental sculptures, including the award-winning "Sentinel".
His paternal grandfather, Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, was the fantasy author's younger brother.
Tim Tolkien has a wood carving and metal sculpture business at
Cradley Heath , West Midlands. He is also a bass player and member of the band Klangstorm, founded in 1996.Tolkien family tree
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