1947
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1947.
January[edit]
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to A.W. Riddle.
March[edit]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien, Edith and Priscilla move from 20 Northmoor Road to 3 Manor Road, Oxford.[1]
June[edit]
- 3 - Actor Matthew Locricchio is born.
July[edit]
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 108.
- 19 - Author and scholar Colin Duriez is born.
- 28 - Rayner Unwin reports on the first version of The Fellowship of the Ring.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 109.
August[edit]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien makes the drawing New Lodge, Stonyhurst.
- 20 - Artist Alan Lee is born.
- 25 - Artist Michael Kaluta is born.
September[edit]
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 110.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 111.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith.
- 26 - Actor Graham Faulkner is born.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rosemary.
- ? - Tolkien, a fellow of Merton College, visits the college's estates in Cambridge.
October[edit]
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to A.W. Riddle.
- 14 - Author David Day is born.
November[edit]
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 112.
December[edit]
- 4 - Essays Presented to Charles Williams, including "On Fairy-Stories", is published.
- 10 - Douglas C. Kenney, co-author of Bored of the Rings, is born.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Malcolm Knox.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien and S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne's essay "'iþþlen' in Sawles Warde" is published in English Studies.
?[edit]
- ? - The first translation of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's works, The Hobbit (as Hompen), is published.
- ? - Ruth S. Noel is born.
- ? - Peter Kjærulff is born.
| Years 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 |
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxxiv
