1959

Latest revision as of 00:20, 11 December 2012

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1959.

[edit] January

• 10 - Screenwriter Fran Walsh is born.
• 12 - Simon Tolkien is born.

[edit] 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.

[edit] June

• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien delivers the Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford.

[edit] July

• 16 - Bob Joles, who would voice Gimli, Treebeard and Dáin Ironfoot in various EA video games, is born.

[edit] August

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien serves the first Mass of Robert Murray.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 216.

[edit] September

• 10 - Actor Jim Meskimen is born.
• 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 217.

[edit] 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.

[edit] November

• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 221.

[edit] 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.

[edit] ?

• ? - 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.