J.R.R Tolkien

Fact File

(1892-1973)

Did you know?

J.R.R Tolkien's real name was

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Where was he born?

He was born in South Africa on 3/01/1892

and also he died on 02/09/1973

When did he move to England?

When he was 3 he moved to England He made the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

after his father died.He first moved 1,2&3,The Silmarillon & Unfinished Tales.

into King's Heath and he left King's

Heath and then into Hall Green

(he actually lived near my nanny

and grandad's house but they

weren't born by then).

What Books did he make?

Did he have any children?

Yes, he had four children

and they where called:

1. John Francis (1917–2003)
2. Michael Hilary (1920–1984)
3. Christopher John (1924–2020)
4. Priscilla Anne (b. 1929)

I am reading The Hobbit with my dad. I think the dwarves are funny. I love Gandalf though. I like his catch phrases like 'You shall not pass!' and his magic!