Anthony Appleyard

Anthony Appleyard ( – February 28, 2022) was a man who worked at the University of Manchester. He was well-known for his deep knowledge of J.R.R. Tolkien's languages, especially the Elvish language called Quenya. He was a respected scholar in this area and wrote a 19-page book called "Dictionaries of Middle-earth". This book covered many of the smaller languages Tolkien created. Appleyard was one of the first people to study Tolkien's notes and describe the grammar of the Quenya language.

Appleyard was also a very important volunteer on Wikipedia. He started editing the english version of the website in 2004 and became an administrator, fulfilling this role until his death. He was especially good at a task called history merges," where he would combine the edit histories of two different articles. He was known for doing this work very often and was one of the top users of this tool.Memorial listing of Anthony Appleyard He was also a member of a group of editors who focused on creating articles about underwater diving. He died in Manchester on 28 February 2022.

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