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==January== | |||
* '''[[28 January|28]]''' - The letter "[[Cardinal Mindszenty]]", co-signed by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published in ''The Times''. | |||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''[[February 28|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 119]]. | * '''[[15 February|15]]''' - Scholar [[Alexei Kondratiev]] is born. | ||
* '''[[28 February|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 119]]. | |||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[11 March|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Miss Turnbull 11 March 1949|a letter to Miss Turnbull]]. | * '''[[11 March|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Turnbull (11 March 1949)|a letter to Miss Turnbull]]. | ||
* '''[[March | * '''[[16 March|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 120]]. | ||
*'''[[20 March|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] visits [[Hugh Brogan]] in [[Cambridge]]. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[9 April|9]]''' - [[Sorcha Cusack]], who would play [[Goldberry]] in '' | * '''[[9 April|9]]''' - [[Sorcha Cusack]], who would play [[Goldberry]] in [[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|''Tales from the Perilous Realm'' (1992 radio series)]], is born. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[4 June|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Pauline Baynes | * '''[[4 June|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Pauline Baynes|a letter to Pauline Baynes]]. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''[[July | * '''[[13 July|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 121]]. | ||
* '''14''' - Tolkien | * '''[[14 July|14]]''' - Tolkien author and screenwriter [[Brian Sibley]] is born. | ||
==September== | |||
* '''[[6 September|6]]''' - Author [[Robert Foster]] is born. | |||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[20 October|20]]''' - ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]'' is published. | ||
* '''?''' - A fair, revised typescript of the finished ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is made a copy.<Ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lxxiii</ref> | |||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[November | * '''[[12 November|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss How|a letter to Miss How]]. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[12 December|12]]''' - [[Bill Nighy]], who would play [[Samwise Gamgee]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series]], is born. | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[18 December|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 122]]. | ||
* '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 122a]]. | |||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] gets his B.A. English at Trinity College, [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. | * '''?''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] gets his B.A. English at Trinity College, [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. | ||
* ''' | * '''Autumn''' - Tolkien is introduced to editor [[Milton Waldman]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:52, 2 December 2023
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1949.
January[edit | edit source]
- 28 - The letter "Cardinal Mindszenty", co-signed by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published in The Times.
February[edit | edit source]
- 15 - Scholar Alexei Kondratiev is born.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 119.
March[edit | edit source]
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Turnbull.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 120.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien visits Hugh Brogan in Cambridge.
April[edit | edit source]
- 9 - Sorcha Cusack, who would play Goldberry in Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series), is born.
June[edit | edit source]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Pauline Baynes.
July[edit | edit source]
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 121.
- 14 - Tolkien author and screenwriter Brian Sibley is born.
September[edit | edit source]
- 6 - Author Robert Foster is born.
October[edit | edit source]
- 20 - Farmer Giles of Ham is published.
- ? - A fair, revised typescript of the finished The Lord of the Rings is made a copy.[1]
November[edit | edit source]
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss How.
December[edit | edit source]
- 12 - Bill Nighy, who would play Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, is born.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 122.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 122a.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - Christopher Tolkien gets his B.A. English at Trinity College, Oxford.
- Autumn - Tolkien is introduced to editor Milton Waldman.
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- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxxiii
