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==January==
==January==
* '''[[January 22|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 143]].
* '''[[22 January|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 143]].
* '''[[January 29|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Liège University 29 January 1954|letter to the Rector of the University of Liège]].
* '''[[29 January|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Letter to Liège University (29 January 1954)|letter to the Rector of the University of Liège]].
* '''?''' - [[Allen & Unwin]] asks J.R.R. Tolkien to provide suggestions for the dust-jacket designs for the soon-to-be-published ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.<ref name=ai>{{HM|AI}}, #176-181</ref><ref name=rc>{{HM|RC}}</ref>{{rp|p. li}}
==February==
*'''[[23 February|23]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter to W.N. Beard (23 February 1954)|a letter]] to W.N. Beard saying that he has nor time nor inspiration to draw dust-jacket covers, but he does soon later anyway.<ref name=ai/><ref name=rc/>{{rp|p. li}}
==March==
* '''[[16 March|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 143a]].
* '''[[23 March|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 143b]].
* '''[[24 March|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 143c]].
* '''[[26 March|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 143d]].
*'''?''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] draws a final version of ''[[A Part of the Shire]]'' map for publication.<ref name=rc/>{{rp|p. lv}}
*'''?''' - J.R.R. Tolkien draws a cover design for ''[[The Return of the King]]''.<ref name=rc/>{{rp|p. li}}
 
==April==
==April==
* '''[[14 April|14]]''' - Comics writer [[Charles Dixon]] is born.
* '''[[14 April|14]]''' - Comics writer [[Charles Dixon]] is born.
* '''[[April 25|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 144]].
* '''[[15 April|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 143e]].
* '''[[April 30|30]]''' - Programmer [[Don Woods]] is born.
* '''[[25 April|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 144]].
 
* '''[[30 April|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[letter to Stanley Unwin]].
* '''[[30 April|30]]''' - Programmer [[Don Woods]] is born.
==May==
==May==
* '''[[3 May|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 144a]].
*'''[[8 May|8]]–[[15 May|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is in [[Cambridge]] as an elector for the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English, a post designed for [[C.S. Lewis]].
* '''[[13 May|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 145]].
* '''[[13 May|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 145]].
* '''[[17 May|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Henry Willink|a letter to Henry Willink]].
*'''[[22 May|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] has a formal dinner in Cambridge.
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to W.N. Beard (26 May 1954)|a letter to W.N. Beard]].
==June==
==June==
* '''[[4 June|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 146]].
* '''[[4 June|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 146]].
* '''[[June 15|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 147]].
* '''[[10 June|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 146a]].
* '''[[15 June|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 147]].
==July==
==July==
* '''[[July 20|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives a D. Litt. from the University of Dublin.
* '''[[20 July|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives a D. Litt. from University College Dublin.
* '''[[July 29|29]]''' - ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' is published.
* '''[[29 July|29]]''' - '''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]], the first volume of [[The Lord of the Rings]], is published'''.
 
==August==
==August==
* '''[[7 August|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 148]].
* '''[[7 August|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 148]].
* '''[[14 August|14]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] [[The Gods Return to Earth|reviews ''The Fellowship of the Ring'']] for ''Time and Tide''.
* '''[[18 August|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 148a]].
* '''[[21 August|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Nevill Coghill|a letter to Nevill Coghill]].
==September==
==September==
* '''[[9 September|9]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 149]].
* '''[[9 September|9]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 149]].
* '''[[9 September|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Liège University 9 September 1954|letter to the Rector of the University of Liège]].
* '''[[9 September|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Letter to Liège University (9 September 1954)|letter to the Rector of the University of Liège]].
* '''[[September 18|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 150|150]] and [[letter 151|151]].
* '''[[18 September|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 150|150]] and [[letter 151|151]].
* '''[[September 22|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 152]].
* '''[[22 September|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 152]].
* '''[[September 25|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 154]].
* '''[[25 September|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 154]].
==October==
==October==
* '''[[2 October|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège.
* '''[[2 October|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège.
* '''[[October 18|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Liège University 18 October 1954|letter to the Rector of the University of Liège]].
* '''[[18 October|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Letter to Liège University (18 October 1954)|letter to the Rector of the University of Liège]].
* '''[[October 31|31]]''' – "[[The Hero Is a Hobbit]]", a review by [[W.H. Auden]] of ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is published.
* '''[[19 October|19]]''' - Actor [[Ken Stott]] is born.
 
* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - The American edition of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' is published by the [[Houghton Mifflin Company]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. xxxv</ref>
* '''[[31 October|31]]''' – "[[The Hero Is a Hobbit]]", a review by [[W.H. Auden]] of ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is published.
==November==
==November==
* '''[[4 November|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 156]].
* '''[[4 November|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 156]].
* '''[[6 November|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Robert Burchfield 6 November 1954|a letter to R.W. Burchfield]].
* '''[[6 November|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Robert Burchfield (6 November 1954)|a letter to R.W. Burchfield]].
* '''[[7 November|7]]''' - [[Guy Gavriel Kay]], who would assist [[Christopher Tolkien]] with the writing of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', is born.
* '''[[7 November|7]]''' - [[Guy Gavriel Kay]], who would assist [[Christopher Tolkien]] with the writing of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', is born.
* '''[[November 11|11]]''' - ''[[The Two Towers]]'' is published.
* '''[[11 November|11]]''' - '''[[The Two Towers]], the second volume of [[The Lord of the Rings]], is published'''.
* '''[[November 27|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 157]].
* '''[[17 November|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Letter to Rayner Heppenstall (17 November 1954)|letter to Rayner Heppenstall]].
 
* '''[[22 November|22]]''' - Rayner Heppenstall writes [[Letter to Rayner Heppenstall (1-2 December 1954)|a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien]].
* '''[[27 November|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 157]].
==December==
==December==
* '''[[1 December|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[Letter to Rayner Heppenstall (1-2 December 1954)|a letter to Rayner Heppenstall]].
* '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 158]].
* '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 158]].
* '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] finishes writing [[Letter to Rayner Heppenstall (1-2 December 1954)|a letter to Rayner Heppenstall]].
* '''[[3 December|3]]''' - The [[BBC|BBC Third Programme]] broadcasts the radio play of ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son (radio play)|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]''.
* '''[[3 December|3]]''' - The [[BBC|BBC Third Programme]] broadcasts the radio play of ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son (radio play)|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]''.
* '''[[December 14|14]]''' - [[James Horan]], who would voice several character in video games, is born.
* '''[[13 December|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rayner Heppenstall (13 December 1954)|a letter to Rayner Heppenstall]].
* '''[[December 25|25]]''' - Singer [[Annie Lennox]] is born.
* '''[[14 December|14]]''' - [[James Horan]], who would voice several characters in video games, is born.
* '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 158a]].
* '''[[25 December|25]]''' - Singer [[Annie Lennox]] is born.
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1954.

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  • 23 - Tolkien writes a letter to W.N. Beard saying that he has nor time nor inspiration to draw dust-jacket covers, but he does soon later anyway.[1][2]:p. li

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