The Two Towers Movie Photo Guide (The Lord of the Rings)
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. After serving in the  First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished career as a professor of  Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He is the renowned creator of Middle-earth and  author of the great modern classic, The Hobbit, the prelude to his epic  masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Other works by J.R.R. Tolkien include The  Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.