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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[January 8|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 54]]. | * '''[[6 January|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 53b]]. | ||
* '''[[January | * '''[[8 January|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 54]]. | ||
* '''?''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] is sent to [[Orange Free State|South Africa]] for training in the Royal Air Force. | * '''[[18 January|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 55]]. | ||
* '''?''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] is sent to [[Orange Free State|South Africa]] for pilot training in the Royal Air Force.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lxxiii</ref> | |||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''[[February 18|18]]''' - [[Anthony Jackson]], the Tale Bearer in the [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|1968 radio series of ''The Hobbit'']], is born in [[Birmingham]], [[ | * '''[[13 February|13]]''' - [[John Tolkien]] is made an Exorcist and Acolyte in a ceremony at Stonyhust. | ||
* '''[[18 February|18]]''' - [[Anthony Jackson]], the Tale Bearer in the [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|1968 radio series of ''The Hobbit'']], is born in [[Birmingham]], England. | |||
* '''[[25 February|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 55a]]. | |||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[March | * '''[[1 March|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 56]]. | ||
* '''[[27 March|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 56a]]. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[3 April|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 58]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[5 April|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 59]]. | ||
* '''[[April 13|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 60]]. | * '''[[8 April|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 59a]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 60]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[18 April|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 61]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[23 April|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 62]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[24 April|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 63]]. | ||
* '''[[30 April|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 64]]. | |||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[4 May|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 65]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[4 May|4]]''' - While writing on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] sees a new character arrive on the scene. He later [[Letter 66|comments]]: ''"(I am sure I did not invent him, I did not even want him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of [[Ithilien]]): [[Faramir]], brother of [[Boromir]]"''. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[5 May|5]]''' - [[John Rhys-Davies]], who would play [[Gimli]] and voice [[Treebeard]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[6 May|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 66]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[11 May|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 67]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[12 May|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 68]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[14 May|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 69]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[21 May|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 70]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[25 May|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 71]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[31 May|31]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 72]]. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[June | * '''[[10 June|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 73]]. | ||
* '''[[June 29|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 74]]. | * '''[[27 June|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 73a]]. | ||
* '''[[29 June|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 74]]. | |||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''[[July | * '''[[7 July|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 74a]]. | ||
* '''[[July 28|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 76]]. | * '''[[7 July|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] begins [[letter 75]]. | ||
* '''[[July | * '''[[9 July|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] finishes [[letter 75]]. | ||
* '''[[28 July|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 76]]. | |||
* '''[[31 July|31]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 77]]. | |||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''[[August | * '''[[12 August|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 78]]. | ||
* '''[[August | * '''[[22 August|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 79]]. | ||
* '''?''' - Author [[Richard C. West]] is born. | * '''?''' - Author [[Richard C. West]] is born. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[September | * '''[[3 September|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 80]]. | ||
* '''[[September 23|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[letter 81]]. | * '''[[19 September|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 80a]]. | ||
* '''[[September | * '''[[20 September|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 80b]]. | ||
* '''[[23 September|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[letter 81]]. | |||
* '''[[30 September|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 82]]. | |||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[6 October|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 83]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[12 October|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 84]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[12 October|12]]''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] sends ''[[Leaf by Niggle]]'' to the ''Dublin Review'', which hosts a short-story competition. It was published in the January [[1945]] issue. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[16 October|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 85]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[23 October|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 86]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[24 October|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives a letter from 12 year old John Barrow from [[wikipedia:Westtown Township, Pennsylvania|West town, Pa.]]. The boy has already read ''[[The Hobbit]]'' eleven times, and his use of the term "Gee Whiz" delights Tolkien. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[25 October|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 87]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[28 October|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 88]]. | ||
* '''?''' - [[Gene Hargrove]], author and composer, is born. | * '''?''' - [[Gene Hargrove]], author and composer, is born. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[November 7|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[letter 89]]. | * '''[[1 November|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 88a]]. | ||
* '''[[November 24|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 90]]. | * '''[[7 November|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[letter 89]]. | ||
* '''[[November | * '''[[13 November|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 89a]]. | ||
* '''[[11 November|11]]''' - Actor [[Martyn Read]] is born. | |||
* '''[[24 November|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 90]]. | |||
* '''[[29 November|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 91]]. | |||
* '''[[29 November|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 91a]]. | |||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[17 December|17]]''' - [[Bernard Hill]], who would play [[Théoden]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born. | ||
* '''[[December 18|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 92]]. | * '''[[4 December|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 91b]]. | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[10 December|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 91c]]. | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[18 December|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 92]]. | ||
* '''[[24 December|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 93]]. | |||
* '''[[28 December|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 94]]. | |||
* '''[[28 December|28]]''' - [[Paul Drayton]] is born. | |||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - Dutch translator [[Peter Cuijpers]] is born. | * '''?''' - Dutch translator [[Peter Cuijpers]] is born. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Sir Orfeo (booklet)|Sir Orfeo]]'' is published. | * '''?''' - ''[[Sir Orfeo (booklet)|Sir Orfeo]]'' is published. | ||
* '''(Autumn)''' - Tolkien [[Minas Tirith (chapter)|starts writing]] Book V of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{WR|3II}}, pp. 231-4</ref> | |||
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1944.
January[edit | edit source]
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 53b.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 54.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 55.
- ? - Christopher Tolkien is sent to South Africa for pilot training in the Royal Air Force.[1]
February[edit | edit source]
- 13 - John Tolkien is made an Exorcist and Acolyte in a ceremony at Stonyhust.
- 18 - Anthony Jackson, the Tale Bearer in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is born in Birmingham, England.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 55a.
March[edit | edit source]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 56.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 56a.
April[edit | edit source]
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 58.
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 59.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 59a.
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 60.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 61.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 62.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 63.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 64.
May[edit | edit source]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 65.
- 4 - While writing on The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien sees a new character arrive on the scene. He later comments: "(I am sure I did not invent him, I did not even want him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien): Faramir, brother of Boromir".
- 5 - John Rhys-Davies, who would play Gimli and voice Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 66.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 67.
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 68.
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 69.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 70.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 71.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 72.
June[edit | edit source]
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 73.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 73a.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 74.
July[edit | edit source]
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 74a.
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins letter 75.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes letter 75.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 76.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 77.
August[edit | edit source]
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 78.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 79.
- ? - Author Richard C. West is born.
September[edit | edit source]
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 80.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 80a.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 80b.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing letter 81.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 82.
October[edit | edit source]
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 83.
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 84.
- 12 – J.R.R. Tolkien sends Leaf by Niggle to the Dublin Review, which hosts a short-story competition. It was published in the January 1945 issue.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 85.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 86.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a letter from 12 year old John Barrow from West town, Pa.. The boy has already read The Hobbit eleven times, and his use of the term "Gee Whiz" delights Tolkien.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 87.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 88.
- ? - Gene Hargrove, author and composer, is born.
November[edit | edit source]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 88a.
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing letter 89.
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 89a.
- 11 - Actor Martyn Read is born.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 90.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 91.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 91a.
December[edit | edit source]
- 17 - Bernard Hill, who would play Théoden in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 91b.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 91c.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 92.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 93.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 94.
- 28 - Paul Drayton is born.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - Dutch translator Peter Cuijpers is born.
- ? - Sir Orfeo is published.
- (Autumn) - Tolkien starts writing Book V of The Lord of the Rings.[2]
References
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxxiii
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Ring, , pp. 231-4
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