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'''Christopher Luke Wiseman''' ([[20 April]] [[1893]] Edgbaston - [[25 July]] [[1987]] Milford-on-Sea) was the only friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] who survived the [[World War I]], during which he served as an Instructor Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7666101|articlename=Instructor Lieutenant Christopher Luke Wiseman|website=[http://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/ Lives of the First World War]|accessed=10 December 2017}}</ref> He was | '''Christopher Luke Wiseman''' ([[20 April]] [[1893]] Edgbaston - [[25 July]] [[1987]] Milford-on-Sea) was the only friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] who survived the [[World War I|First World War]], during which he served as an Instructor Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7666101|articlename=Instructor Lieutenant Christopher Luke Wiseman|website=[http://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/ Lives of the First World War]|accessed=10 December 2017}}</ref> | ||
He was a member of the [[T.C.B.S.]], and it was after Wiseman whom Tolkien's son was named [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]].<ref>{{L|306}}</ref> | |||
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Christopher Luke Wiseman (20 April 1893 Edgbaston - 25 July 1987 Milford-on-Sea) was the only friend of J.R.R. Tolkien who survived the First World War, during which he served as an Instructor Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.[1]
He was a member of the T.C.B.S., and it was after Wiseman whom Tolkien's son was named Christopher.[2]
References
- ↑ "Instructor Lieutenant Christopher Luke Wiseman", Lives of the First World War (accessed 10 December 2017)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 306, (undated, late 1967 - early 1968)
