1962

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1962.

[edit] April

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 237.
• 15 - Actor Tom Kane is born.
• ? - Actress Tatyana Yassukovich is born.

[edit] July

• 2 - J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien make a trip to Bournemouth.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 238.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 239.

[edit] August

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 240.
• 31 - Actor Dee Bradley Baker is born.

[edit] September

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing letter 241.
• 20 - Cartoonist Bill Amend is born.
• ? - Matt Blessing, the head of Marquette University archives, is born.

[edit] November

• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to H. Cotton Minchin.
• 22 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is published.
• 22 – A review in The Listener calls The Adventures of Tom Bombadil "close to genius".
• 23 - The literary supplement of The Times runs a review of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 242.

[edit] December

• 7 - Ancrene Wisse, Tolkien's edition of a Middle English manuscript, is published.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by John Bowen.
• 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 243.

[edit] ?

• ? - Henry Gee is born.