J. R. R. Tolkien

Iōhan Reġnweald Reuēl Dolcēn (3 Æfterra Gēola, 1892 – 2 Hāligmōnaþ, 1973) ƿæs scōlere geþēoda and geþēodcræftes, leornere, and ƿrītere Þæs Holbytlan and his æftergengena: Se Hlāford þāra Hringa.

Hē ƿæs leorningcniht æt Ēadƿeardes Cyninges Scōle, Beorminghāme.  Fram 1925 oþ 1945, ƿorhte hē sƿā Professor þǣre Ealdan Engliscan sprǣce æt þǣm University Oxanfordes, and sƿā Professor Nīƿre engliscre sprǣce and Stæfcræftes, ēac æt Oxanforde, of 1945 tō 1959.  Hē ƿæs scīnende ƿordbōcmann and andƿīs in þǣm Engliscum and Norrenum geþēodum.  Hē þone bōclican smēaungcircule þā Inklingas tōlōcode, þus hæfde hē strangan frēondscipe mid C. S. Leƿise.

Toēacan þǣm mǣrum geƿeorcum (Se Holbytla and Se Hlāford þāra Hringa) Dolcēn ƿrāt ymbe ōðra bēc, þæt his sunu hæfþ æfter his dēaðe onlīesed, ymbe þā angetimbrodan ƿorulde Middangeardes (on Nīƿum englisce: "Middle-earth"), þǣr his spell ƿeorþaþ, tō bisene Se Silmarillion.  Sēo þrohtge mǣrsung þissa bōca cȳþaþ Dolcēn sƿā fæder þæs todæges high fantasy genres.

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Dolcēn ƿæs geboren in Bloemfonteine in þǣm Orange Free State (todæg in Sūþafrican).  His fæder ƿæs Arþur Dolcēn, Englisc faedien bankaes, and his mōdor ƿæs Amabel Dolcēn (mægdennama Sūþfeld).  Oþ is gecunned, mæst Dolcēnes fæderes ieldrena ƿǣron cræftsmenn.  His fæderes cynn ƿǣron of Seaxlande, Þēodisclande gecumen, ac hīe ƿunodon in Englalande þæs þe of 18um gēarhundrede.  Se æfternama Dolcēn ƿæs engliscod of Tollkiehn (i.e. Þēodisc tollkühn, "dol-cene").  Se mann "Professor Rashbold" in The Notion Club Papers is paronomasia ƿiþ þǣm naman.  Dolcēn hæfde nāna sƿēostor and ænne brōðor, Hilary Arþur Reuel Dolcēn, þæt ƿæs on 17 Solmōnaþ, 1894.

Þā hē ƿæs þrēogēare, Dolcēn ēode tō Englalande mid his mēder and brēðer on what was intended to be a lengthy family visit.  His fæder ƿæs in Sūþafrican gefaren of a severe mod haemorrhage before he could join them. This left the family without an income, so Dolcēnes mōðor brōhte hine tō ƿunienne mid hire ealdorum in Beormingahame lytle hƿīle.  Sona æfter, in 1896, ƿiton hie to Sarehole, þā ƿæs Ƿǣringƿīcscīre þorp, later annexed to Beormingaham. He enjoyed exploring Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog, which would later inspire scenes in his bōcum.

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Flocc:Geboren in 1892
Flocc:Gestorfen in 1973