1949
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1949.
January[edit | edit source]
- 28 - The letter "Cardinal Mindszenty", co-signed by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published in The Times.
February[edit | edit source]
- 15 - Scholar Alexei Kondratiev is born.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 119.
March[edit | edit source]
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Turnbull.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 120.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien visits Hugh Brogan in Cambridge.
April[edit | edit source]
- 9 - Sorcha Cusack, who would play Goldberry in Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series), is born.
June[edit | edit source]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Pauline Baynes.
July[edit | edit source]
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 121.
- 14 - Tolkien author and screenwriter Brian Sibley is born.
September[edit | edit source]
- 6 - Author Robert Foster is born.
October[edit | edit source]
- 20 - Farmer Giles of Ham is published.
- ? - A fair, revised typescript of the finished The Lord of the Rings is made a copy.[1]
November[edit | edit source]
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss How.
December[edit | edit source]
- 12 - Bill Nighy, who would play Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, is born.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 122.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - Christopher Tolkien gets his B.A. English at Trinity College, Oxford.
- Autumn - Tolkien is introduced to editor Milton Waldman.
| Years 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 |
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxxiii
