John Benjamin Tolkien (George's father)
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John Benjamin Tolkien (June 1752 - 27 January 1819) was George Tolkien's father, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s great-great-grandfather. He was born in Gdańsk (Danzig) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and he emigrated to the United Kingdom after 1770. His wife and George's mother was Mary Wall (1746 - 16 March 1837).[1]
John Benjamin Tolkien and his wife Mary are buried at Burnhill Fields in the same grave with William Shrubsole, an English musician and composer of the hymn-tune "Miles Lane".
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Not to be confused with his grandson, John Benjamin Tolkien (1807 - 1896), who also married a woman named Mary.
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- ↑ Ryszard Derdziński, "John Benjamin Tolkien (1752-1819): a summary" dated 20 May 2017, tolkniety.blogspot.com (accessed 22 November 2017)
