22 November
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* '''[[1914]]''' - At the request of [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] addresses [[Oxford University|Corpus Christi College]]'s Sundial Society about the ''[[Kalevala]]'' and the lack of an English mythology. | * '''[[1914]]''' - At the request of [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] addresses [[Oxford University|Corpus Christi College]]'s Sundial Society about the ''[[Kalevala]]'' and the lack of an English mythology. | ||
| + | * '''[[1961]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 234]]. | ||
* '''[[1962]]''' - ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'' is published. | * '''[[1962]]''' - ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'' is published. | ||
* '''[[1962]]''' – A review in ''The Listener'' calls ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'' "close to genius". | * '''[[1962]]''' – A review in ''The Listener'' calls ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil'' "close to genius". | ||
Revision as of 10:32, 27 November 2008
Events which occurred on 22 November.
On Earth
- 1914 - At the request of G.B. Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien addresses Corpus Christi College's Sundial Society about the Kalevala and the lack of an English mythology.
- 1961 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 234.
- 1962 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is published.
- 1962 – A review in The Listener calls The Adventures of Tom Bombadil "close to genius".
- 1963 – J.R.R. Tolkien's friend C.S. Lewis dies.
- 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 291.
- 1970 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 318.