1936
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1936.
January[edit]
- 14 - In his Preface to Roman Britain and the English Settlements, R.G. Collingwood on this date writes about J.R.R. Tolkien's contribution to the book.
March[edit]
- 30 - C.A. Furth (of George Allen & Unwin Ltd) writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
April[edit]
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the manuscript "Primitive Quendian: Final Consonants".
May[edit]
- 17 - Swedish author Lars Gustafsson, who were to conduct an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
June[edit]
- 14 - Author G.K. Chesterton dies.
September[edit]
- 4 - German translator Hans J. Schütz is born.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Professor A. Pompen.
October[edit]
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes retyping The Hobbit.
- 10 - Stanley Unwin reads the typescript of The Hobbit.
- 17 - David Buck, who would voice Gimli in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
- 30 - Rayner Unwin, aged 10, writes a "Report on the Hobbit".
November[edit]
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien delivers the lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" to the British Academy.
December[edit]
- 17 - Marian Diamond, who would voice Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series), is born.
- 23 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
?[edit]
- ? - Allen and Unwin read the manuscript of The Hobbit and suggest that he complete it.
- ? - Songs for the Philologists is published.
- ? - Illustrator Peter Chuklev is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien's secretary Joy Hill is born.
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