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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> | '''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> | ||
[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7666101 Instructor Lieutenant Christopher Luke Wiseman] | [https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7666101 Instructor Lieutenant Christopher Luke Wiseman] in [https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/ Lives of the First World War].</ref> He was one of the [[T.C.B.S.]], and it was after Wiseman who Tolkien named his son, [[Christopher Tolkien]].<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 World War I, during which he served as an Instructor Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.[1] He was one of the T.C.B.S., and it was after Wiseman who Tolkien named his son, Christopher Tolkien.[2]
References
- ↑ Instructor Lieutenant Christopher Luke Wiseman in Lives of the First World War.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 306, (undated, late 1967 - early 1968)