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* '''[[20 April|20]]''' - Writer and screenwriter [[Peter S. Beagle]] is born. | * '''[[20 April|20]]''' - Writer and screenwriter [[Peter S. Beagle]] is born. | ||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''[[25 May|25]]''' - [[Ian McKellen]], who would play [[Gandalf]] in | * '''[[25 May|25]]''' - [[Ian McKellen]], who would play [[Gandalf]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[6 September|6]]''' - [[Gordon Reid]], who would provide the voices of several characters in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' radio series]], is born. | * '''[[6 September|6]]''' - [[Gordon Reid]], who would provide the voices of several characters in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' radio series]], is born. | ||
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* '''?''' - ''[[Rehabilitations and Other Essays]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]], which includes references to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | * '''?''' - ''[[Rehabilitations and Other Essays]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]], which includes references to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
{{Years|1936|1937|1938|1939|1940|1941|1942|1942|}} | {{Years|1936|1937|1938|1939|1940|1941|1942|1942|}} | ||
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* '''?''' ''[[The Reeve's Tale (J.R.R. Tolkien)|The Reeve's Tale]]'' is published. | |||
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Revision as of 16:47, 10 December 2012
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 The Lord of the Rings: 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 (film series), 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.
- ? - Rehabilitations and Other Essays by C.S. Lewis, which includes references to J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
| Years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 |
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- ? The Reeve's Tale is published.
