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* '''[[20 August|20]]''' - [[André Morell]], who would play [[Elrond]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]], is born. | * '''[[20 August|20]]''' - [[André Morell]], who would play [[Elrond]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]], is born. | ||
==Autumn== | ==Autumn== | ||
* [[Francis Xavier Morgan|Father Morgan]] discovers the romance between [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]], which he fears may lead to early marriage and ruin Tolkien's | * [[Francis Xavier Morgan|Father Morgan]] discovers the romance between [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]], which he fears may lead to early marriage and ruin Tolkien's career prospects. | ||
* Tolkien fails to win an [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] scholarship. | * Tolkien fails to win an [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] scholarship. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:44, 17 April 2017
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1909.
January[edit | edit source]
- 29 - Richard E. Blackwelder, Tolkien collector, is born.
June[edit | edit source]
- 10 - Around this date J.R.R. Tolkien composes the Book of the Foxrook.
August[edit | edit source]
- 20 - André Morell, who would play Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
Autumn[edit | edit source]
- Father Morgan discovers the romance between J.R.R. Tolkien and Edith Bratt, which he fears may lead to early marriage and ruin Tolkien's career prospects.
- Tolkien fails to win an Oxford scholarship.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - Elaine Griffiths, friend and pupil of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
| Years 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 |
