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* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born. | * '''[[10 January|10]]''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born. | ||
* '''[[12 January|12]]''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born. | * '''[[12 January|12]]''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born. | ||
==March== | |||
* '''[[5 March|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[William Ready 5 March 1959|a letter to William Ready]]. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 215]]. | * '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 215]]. | ||
* '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir]] in [[The Lord of the Rings | * '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delivers the [[Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford]]. | * '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delivers the [[Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford]]. | ||
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* '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] serves the first Mass of [[Robert Murray]]. | * '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] serves the first Mass of [[Robert Murray]]. | ||
* '''[[12 August|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]]. | * '''[[12 August|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]]. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[10 September|10]]''' - Actor [[Jim Meskimen]] is born. | * '''[[10 September|10]]''' - Actor [[Jim Meskimen]] is born. | ||
* '''[[11 September|11]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 217]]. | * '''[[11 September|11]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 217]]. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[9 October|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 218]]. | * '''[[9 October|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 218]]. | ||
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* '''[[29 December|29]]''' - [[Brian Sergent]], who would play [[Ted Sandyman]] in the extended edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | * '''[[29 December|29]]''' - [[Brian Sergent]], who would play [[Ted Sandyman]] in the extended edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski December 1959|a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski December 1959|a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] retires from the Merton professorship at the [[University of Oxford]]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] retires from the Merton professorship at the [[University of Oxford]]. |
Revision as of 17:29, 26 May 2013
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1959.
January
- 10 - Screenwriter Fran Walsh is born.
- 12 - Simon Tolkien is born.
March
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to William Ready.
April
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 215.
- 17 - Sean Bean, who would play Boromir in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
June
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien delivers the Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford.
July
- 16 - Bob Joles, who would voice Gimli, Treebeard and Dáin Ironfoot in various EA video games, is born.
August
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien serves the first Mass of Robert Murray.
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 216.
September
- 10 - Actor Jim Meskimen is born.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 217.
October
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 218.
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 219.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 220.
November
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 221.
December
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222.
- 29 - Brian Sergent, who would play Ted Sandyman in the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
?
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien retires from the Merton professorship at the University of Oxford.
- ? - Author Douglas A. Anderson is born.
- ? - Science fiction scholar Michael Martinez is born.
- ? - Peter Emshwiller, who would provide the voice of Thranduil in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, is born.
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