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'''Katherine 'Kitty' Kilbride''' ([[1900]]-[[1966]]) was a student of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[E.V. Gordon]] at the [[University of Leeds]]. Kilbride would become a good friend of Tolkien. | '''Katherine 'Kitty' Kilbride''' ([[1900]]-[[1966]]) was a student of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[E.V. Gordon]] at the [[University of Leeds]]. Kilbride would become a good friend of Tolkien. | ||
Kilbride | Kilbride was “an invalid all her life”, according to her nephew, “and was much cheered by [Tolkien’s] chatty letters and cards ... books were given to her as they were published”. <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/05/hobbit-first-edition-with-jrr-tolkiens-inscription-doubles-sales-record | ||
Hobbit first edition with JRR Tolkien's inscription doubles sales record]</ref> | Hobbit first edition with JRR Tolkien's inscription doubles sales record]</ref> | ||
She was among the recipients to whom Tolkien sent inscribed editions of the newly published ''[[The Hobbit]]'', on or close after [[21 September]] [[1937]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 201</ref> | She was among the recipients to whom Tolkien sent inscribed editions of the newly published ''[[The Hobbit]]'', on or close after [[21 September]] [[1937]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 201</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:41, 7 June 2015
Katherine 'Kitty' Kilbride (1900-1966) was a student of J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon at the University of Leeds. Kilbride would become a good friend of Tolkien.
Kilbride was “an invalid all her life”, according to her nephew, “and was much cheered by [Tolkien’s] chatty letters and cards ... books were given to her as they were published”. [1] She was among the recipients to whom Tolkien sent inscribed editions of the newly published The Hobbit, on or close after 21 September 1937.[2]
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- ↑ [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/05/hobbit-first-edition-with-jrr-tolkiens-inscription-doubles-sales-record Hobbit first edition with JRR Tolkien's inscription doubles sales record]
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 201
