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==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[16 September|16]]''' - Author and librarian [[William Ready]] is born. | |||
* '''[[24 September|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes ''[[The Voyage of Eärendel the Evening Star]]''. | * '''[[24 September|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes ''[[The Voyage of Eärendel the Evening Star]]''. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''?''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 1]]. | * '''[[1 October|1]]''' - [[Donald A. Wollheim]] is born. | ||
* '''?''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 1]]. | |||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[November|27]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 2]]. | * '''[[November|27]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 2]]. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[11 December|11]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Ferrum et Sanguis: 1914]]. | |||
* '''[[25 December|25]]''' - The [[T.C.B.S.]] meet in London. | * '''[[25 December|25]]''' - The [[T.C.B.S.]] meet in London. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''Spring''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is awarded the Skeat Prize for English by the [[University of Oxford#Exeter College|Exeter College]]. He spends the £5 prize money on buying [[List of books in Tolkien's library|four books]]. | * '''Spring''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is awarded the Skeat Prize for English by the [[University of Oxford#Exeter College|Exeter College]]. He spends the £5 prize money on buying [[List of books in Tolkien's library|four books]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:26, 17 June 2017
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1914.
Early
- ? - Edith Bratt converts to Catholicism and becomes engaged to J.R.R. Tolkien.
January
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins working on The Book of Ishness.
- 10 - Scholar Angus McIntosh, pupil and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- 30 - The Chequers Clubbe, founded by J.R.R. Tolkien, is given permission to organize dinners.
- ? - Rules of the Exeter College Essay Club, signed by J.R.R. Tolkien, is printed.
February
- 14 - Translator Britt G. Hallqvist is born.
June
- 1 - George Sayer, friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- 18 - The Chequers Clubbe, founded by J.R.R. Tolkien, meet to have dinner.
August
- 4 - The British Empire declares war on Germany, following tension and conflict on the mainland in July. George Allen & Unwin's offices are opened in London by Stanley Unwin.
- 9 - Artist Tove Jansson is born.
- ? - Hilary Tolkien joins the army as a bugler.
- ? - Geoffrey Bache Smith and Robert Gilson join the army. Christopher Wiseman joins the navy instead.
September
- 16 - Author and librarian William Ready is born.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes The Voyage of Eärendel the Evening Star.
October
- 1 - Donald A. Wollheim is born.
- ? - Tolkien writes Letter 1.
November
December
- 11 - Tolkien writes Ferrum et Sanguis: 1914.
- 25 - The T.C.B.S. meet in London.
?
- Spring - J.R.R. Tolkien is awarded the Skeat Prize for English by the Exeter College. He spends the £5 prize money on buying four books.
- ? - Artist Horus Engels is born.
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