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==Summer== | ==Summer== | ||
* '''?''' - The Tolkiens go to holiday in Switzerland, where Ronald (alledgedly) finds a postcard of ''[[Der Berggeist]]''. | * '''?''' - The Tolkiens go to holiday in Switzerland, where Ronald (alledgedly) finds a postcard of ''[[Der Berggeist]]''. | ||
==August== | |||
* '''12''' - [[Felix Felton]], who would play [[Bilbo Baggins]], [[Witch-king|the Black Captain]] and [[Sauron]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)]]'', is born. | |||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''3''' - [[Michael Hordern]], who would voice [[Gandalf]] in the [[1981]] [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | * '''3''' - [[Michael Hordern]], who would voice [[Gandalf]] in the [[1981]] [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | ||
Revision as of 12:02, 11 April 2009
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1911.
Summer
- ? - The Tolkiens go to holiday in Switzerland, where Ronald (alledgedly) finds a postcard of Der Berggeist.
August
- 12 - Felix Felton, who would play Bilbo Baggins, the Black Captain and Sauron in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), is born.
October
- 3 - Michael Hordern, who would voice Gandalf in the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
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- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien creates the Tea Club and Barrovian Society at grammar school.
- ? - Tolkien's first poem, The Battle of the Eastern Field, is published in the chronicle of King Edward's School.
- ? - J.A.W. Bennett, Inkling, born in New Zealand.
- ? - Åke Ohlmarks, translator, is born.
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