1915
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1915.
February[edit | edit source]
- 13 - Mary Jane Stow dies.
March[edit | edit source]
- ? - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language".
April[edit | edit source]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the poem Goblin Feet.
June[edit | edit source]
- 10 - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
- 28 - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
- 28 - Przemyslaw Mroczkowski, scholar and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- ? - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.
July[edit | edit source]
- 15 - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford.
September[edit | edit source]
October[edit | edit source]
- 4 - Translator Tore Zetterholm is born.
November[edit | edit source]
- 21 - G.B. Smith is shipped to France.
- 26 - Tolkien writes Letter 3.
- ? - Tolkien writes his earliest version of Kortirion among the Trees.
December[edit | edit source]
- ? - Tolkien might have written the poem Habbanan beneath the Stars.
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- ? - The poem "Goblin Feet" is published in Oxford Poetry 1915.
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