1939

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1939.

January

• 23 - The Brothers Hildebrandt are born.

February

• 1 - Wolfgang Krege, German translator, is born.
• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 35.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 36.

March

• 1 - David Weatherley, who would play Barliman Butterbur in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
• 8 - Tolkien delivers his lecture "On Fairy-Stories" at St. Andrew's University, Scotland.
• 27-29 - J.R.R. Tolkien completes three days' training with the top-secret Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) at their London headquarters.

April

• 20 - Writer and screenwriter Peter S. Beagle is born.

May

• 25 - Ian McKellen, who would play Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, is born.

September

• 6 - Gordon Reid, who would provide the voices of several characters in The Lord of the Rings radio series, is born.

December

• 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 37.
• 24 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.

Years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942