1947
Preceded by
1948
Year
1949
Followed by
January
- 7 - Jarion Monroe, who would voice the King of the Dead in EA's The Return of the King, is born.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes to Rosemary
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 113.
February
- 2 - Nils-Lennart Johannesson is born.
March
- 1 - Actor Steven M. Kramer is born.
April
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 114.
June
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 115.
August
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 116.
- 20 - John Noble, who would play Denethor in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
September
- 8 - Artist Michael Hague is born.
- 14 - Around that date Tolkien completes the drafts of the final parts of The Lord of the Rings at the home of his son, Michael.
- ? - Tolkien visits Cambridge to view the Ancrene Wisse manuscript.
October
- 14 - Narrator Gerard Murphy is born.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 117.
- ? - Katharine Farrer sends a letter to Tolkien expressing her opinions about the Ainulindalë.
November
- 24 - Artist John Alvin is born.
?
- ? - Dick Plotz is born.
- ? - Studia Neophilologica Vol. 20, Nos. 1-2, containing an essay by J.R.R. Tolkien and S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne, is published.
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