1926

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1926.

[edit] January

• 1 – E.V. Gordon replaces J.R.R. Tolkien in the Chair of English Language at the University of Leeds.

[edit] March

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien's "Philology: General Works" is published in The Year's Work in English Studies.

[edit] April

• 29 - Leonard Fenton, who would voice the Elvenking in the radio play of The Hobbit and Daddy Twofoot in The Lord of the Rings, is born.

[edit] May

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien meets C.S. Lewis, who will have a lasting impact on his works.

[edit] September

• 7 - Don Messick, who would voice Balin and the Lord of the Eagles in The Hobbit (1977 film), is born.

[edit] December

• 26 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.

[edit] ?

• ? - The Coalbiters is formed, a faculty club who read Old Norse.