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* '''?''' - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language". | * '''?''' - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language". | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''10''' - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes. | |||
* '''28''' - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army. | |||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* ''' | * '''15''' - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford. | ||
==September== | |||
* '''25''' - The Big Four of the [[T.C.B.S.]] - Tolkien, [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|Smith]], [[Christopher Wiseman|Wiseman]] and [[Robert Gilson|Gilson]] - have their last meeting. | |||
==November== | |||
* '''21''' - G.B. Smith is shipped to France. | |||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - The poem [[Goblin Feet]] is published. | * '''?''' - The poem ''[[Goblin Feet]]'' is published. | ||
{{Years|1912|1913|1914|1915|1916|1917|1918|}} | {{Years|1912|1913|1914|1915|1916|1917|1918|}} | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] |
Revision as of 23:15, 1 March 2009
March
- ? - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language".
June
- 10 - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
- 28 - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.
July
- 15 - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford.
September
November
- 21 - G.B. Smith is shipped to France.
?
- ? - The poem Goblin Feet is published.
Years 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 |