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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[January 18|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 95]]. | * '''[[7 January|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 94a]]. | ||
* '''[[January 30|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 96]]. | * '''[[9 January|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 94b]]. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Leaf by Niggle]]'' is published in the ''Dublin Review''. | * '''[[15 January|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 94c]]. | ||
* '''[[18 January|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 95]]. | |||
* '''[[21 January|21]]''' - [[Martin Shaw]] is born. | |||
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 96]]. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[Leaf by Niggle]]'' is published in the ''[[The Dublin Review (January 1945)|The Dublin Review]]''. | |||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''[[February 11|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 97]]. | * '''[[10 February|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[The Name Coventry|a letter to the ''Catholic Herald'']]. | ||
* '''[[11 February|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] finishes writing [[The Name Coventry|a letter to the ''Catholic Herald'']]. | |||
* '''[[11 February|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 97]]. | |||
* '''[[17 February|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 97a]]. | |||
* '''[[20 February|20]]''' - Tolkien joins the Oxford Dante Society.<ref>Jim Stockton, ''Inklings and Danteans Alike'', ''[[Mythlore 38]]''</ref> | |||
* '''[[23 February|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 97b]]. | |||
* '''[[23 February|23]]''' - A letter by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[The Name Coventry]]", is published in the ''[[The Catholic Herald (23 February 1945)|Catholic Herald]]''. | |||
==March== | |||
* '''[[12 March|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 97c]]. | |||
* '''18?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 98]]. | |||
*'''?''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] returns to England after serving in [[South Africa]].<Ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lxxiii</ref> | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[18 April|18]]''' - [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]], amateur cartographer, is born. | ||
* '''[[29 April|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 98a]]. | |||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[15 May|15]]''' - [[Charles Williams]], [[Inklings|Inkling]], dies. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[15 May|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 99]]. | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[29 May|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 100]]. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[June 3|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 101]]. | * '''[[2 June|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[letter to Maegraith]]. | ||
* '''[[3 June|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 101]]. | |||
* '''[[23 June|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is elected Merton Professor of English Language and Literature. | |||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''[[August | * '''[[9 August|9]]''' - As [[wikipedia:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki|the bombs]] are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] [[letter 102|denounces]] these tactics as "utter folly". | ||
* '''[[18 August|18]]''' - [[Eric Rücker Eddison]] dies. | |||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[September | * '''[[17 September|17]]''' - [[Bruce Spence]], who would play the [[Mouth of Sauron]] in the extended edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', is born. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October | *'''?''' - J.R.R. Tolkien is made a Fellow of Merton College.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lxxiv</ref> | ||
* '''[[October 11|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 103]]. | * '''[[7 October|7]]''' - Author [[Hal Colebatch]] is born. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[9 October|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 102a]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[11 October|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 103]]. | ||
* '''[[22 October|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 104]]. | |||
* '''[[26 October|26]]''' - Author [[Jane Chance]] is born. | |||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] submits ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son]]'' for publication. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun]]'' is published in the ''Welsh Review''. | * '''?''' - ''[[The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun]]'' is published in the ''Welsh Review''. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - Tolkien states he is putting ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' "before all else". | * '''?''' - Tolkien states he is putting ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' "before all else". | ||
* '''?''' - Writer [[Jim Allan]] is born. | |||
* '''?''' - Actor [[Jeffrey Thomas]] is born. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:30, 2 December 2023
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1945.
January[edit | edit source]
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 94a.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 94b.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 94c.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 95.
- 21 - Martin Shaw is born.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 96.
- ? - Leaf by Niggle is published in the The Dublin Review.
February[edit | edit source]
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to the Catholic Herald.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes writing a letter to the Catholic Herald.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 97.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 97a.
- 20 - Tolkien joins the Oxford Dante Society.[1]
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 97b.
- 23 - A letter by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Name Coventry", is published in the Catholic Herald.
March[edit | edit source]
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 97c.
- 18? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 98.
- ? - Christopher Tolkien returns to England after serving in South Africa.[2]
April[edit | edit source]
- 18 - Karen Wynn Fonstad, amateur cartographer, is born.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 98a.
May[edit | edit source]
- 15 - Charles Williams, Inkling, dies.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 99.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 100.
June[edit | edit source]
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Maegraith.
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 101.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien is elected Merton Professor of English Language and Literature.
August[edit | edit source]
- 9 - As the bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tolkien denounces these tactics as "utter folly".
- 18 - Eric Rücker Eddison dies.
September[edit | edit source]
- 17 - Bruce Spence, who would play the Mouth of Sauron in the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, is born.
October[edit | edit source]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien is made a Fellow of Merton College.[3]
- 7 - Author Hal Colebatch is born.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 102a.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 103.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 104.
- 26 - Author Jane Chance is born.
December[edit | edit source]
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien submits The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son for publication.
- ? - The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun is published in the Welsh Review.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - Tolkien states he is putting The Lord of the Rings "before all else".
- ? - Writer Jim Allan is born.
- ? - Actor Jeffrey Thomas is born.
References
- ↑ Jim Stockton, Inklings and Danteans Alike, Mythlore 38
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxxiii
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxxiv
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