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shippey in 2015 . calcutta , british india british tom shippey 09 september 1943 tolkien scholarship tom shippey by gage skidmore.jpg tom shippey
 thomas alan shippey academic , writer
tom shippey

thomas alan shippey -lrb- born 9 september 1943 -rrb- is a british scholar of medievalism , of medieval literature , including that of anglo-saxon england , and of modern fantasy and science fiction .
in particular he is widely considered one of the world 's leading academic scholars on the works of j. r. r. tolkien about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers .
