Rhona Beare

Rhona Beare
Biographical information
Born	1935
Died	20 February 2018
Education	Exeter University
Occupation	Academic, author
Location	England

Dr Rhona Beare (1935-2018), an English author and scholar, had a correspondence with J.R.R. Tolkien during her studies at Exeter University (Letter 211, Letter 230, Letter 245, two of them published in full in J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters to Rhona Beare). Eventually, she moved to Australia and became a Lecturer in Classics at Newcastle University, New South Wales, but returned to England in 2000.

While in Australia, Beare wrote some articles on Tolkien and Charles Williams for Mythlore. She also translated Tolkien's Songs for the Philologists.

Bibliography, selected

Books

• (1985: J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters to Rhona Beare)
• 1999: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion

Articles

• 1979: Amon Hen 38
  • "The Silmarillion and The Grail"
• 1982: Quettar, No. 15
  • "The Origins of Quenya and Sindarin"
• 1983:Mythlore 34
  • "Tolkien's Calendar & Ithildin"
• 1983: Arda 10
  • "Conjectures on the origin of Quenya"
• 1983: Parma Eldalamberon, issue 6
  • "Conjectures on the Origin of Quenya"
• 1994: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 3
  • "Haplology"
• 1995: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 5
  • "Painted Caves" [article on Tolkien's archaeological sources for some Father Christmas Letters illustrations]
• 1996: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 9
  • "Painted Caves and Yggdrasil"
• 1997: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 11
  • "The Hand and the Spider"
• 1998: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 12
  • "Elbereth and Taniquetil"
• 1998: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 13
  • "Barnacle Goose" [article on legends and heraldry]
• 2000: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 14
  • "Goblin Graffiti" [report on the sources of Tolkien's goblin alphabet]
• 2001: Tyalië Tyelelliéva 17
  • "Tolkien's Swallows"
• 2008: The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference
  • "Influence of Climate on Myth: Tolkien's Theory and Practice"
• 2010: The Silmarillion: Thirty Years On
  • "A Mythology for England"