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'''Frieda <u>Mary</u> Incledon''' (1895-1940) was a cousin of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Her mother Edith Mary ('May') Incledon (née Suffield) was an older sister of [[Mabel Tolkien]]. Her sister was [[Marjorie Incledon]].<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Christina Scull]], [[Wayne G. Hammond]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology|dated=|website=HS|accessed=13 February 2021}}</ref>
'''Frieda <u>Mary</u> Incledon''' (1895-1940) was a cousin of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Her mother Edith Mary ('May') Incledon (née Suffield) was an older sister of [[Mabel Tolkien]]. Her sister was [[Marjorie Incledon]].<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Christina Scull]], [[Wayne G. Hammond]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology|dated=|website=HS|accessed=13 February 2021}}; {{CG|II}}, p. 424.</ref>


Mary and her sister Marjorie invented the [[Animalic]] language with Tolkien. She also helped Tolkien to create the [[Nevbosh]] language.
Mary and her sister Marjorie invented the [[Animalic]] language and taught some of it to Tolkien.<ref>[[J. R. R. Tolkien]], ''[[A Secret Vice (book)|A Secret Vice]]'' (eds. [[Dimitra Fimi]], [[Andrew Higgins]]), p. 8-9, 40 [note 18]; [[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'' II.3., "'Private lang.' - and Edith"</ref> She also created the [[Nevbosh]] language with Tolkien.<ref>[[J. R. R. Tolkien]], ''[[A Secret Vice (book)|A Secret Vice]]'' (eds. [[Dimitra Fimi]], [[Andrew Higgins]]), p. 11, 40 [note 18]; [[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'' II.3., "'Private lang.' - and Edith".</ref>
 
Later on, Mary Incledon became godmother to [[John Tolkien]]. She lived alone in London after having converted to Roman Catholicism She died of cancer in 1940 at the age of 45.<ref>[[J. R. R. Tolkien]], ''[[A Secret Vice (book)|A Secret Vice]]'' (eds. [[Dimitra Fimi]], [[Andrew Higgins]]), p. 40 [note 18]; {{CG|II}}, p. 424.</ref>


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Frieda Mary Incledon (1895-1940) was a cousin of J.R.R. Tolkien. Her mother Edith Mary ('May') Incledon (née Suffield) was an older sister of Mabel Tolkien. Her sister was Marjorie Incledon.[1]

Mary and her sister Marjorie invented the Animalic language and taught some of it to Tolkien.[2] She also created the Nevbosh language with Tolkien.[3]

Later on, Mary Incledon became godmother to John Tolkien. She lived alone in London after having converted to Roman Catholicism She died of cancer in 1940 at the age of 45.[4]

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