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    Biographical Profile of J.R.R. Tolkien

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    In five pages the life and writings of J.R.R. Tolkien are examined in this biographical overview with The Hobbit among the literary topics of discussion. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    in 1892 ("Tolkien," 2001). He was a philologist and writer who was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa (2001). Most know the author by his last name as he only uses  initials for his first and middle ones. In fact, J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for his fantasy fiction, but his life has been somewhat of a difficult road. With good  parents, who died tragically young, his own stint as a father was exemplary. While he endured the death of his own spouse too, Tolkien lived a good, rich life that  was focused on family and literary pursuits. There are no skeletons in this authors closet. While Tolkien was born in South Africa, he  grew up in England (Crittenden, 2001). He had moved to the Birmingham area at the age of four with his mother and younger brother Hilary, and lived there for some  years (Lyster, 2001). Although his father was supposed to join them later on, he unfortunately died of a severe hemorrhage after a bout with rheumatic fever ("The Tolkien," 2001). After  leaving South Africa, young John would never see his father again. For some time, the family lived in an old village called Sarehole,  a place that subsequently would become a part of the city suburb of Hall Green (Lyster, 2001). While growing up, this boy who would eventually become a famous author, studied  at King Edwards School as well as St Philips Grammar School (2001).The Tolkien family would go on to own homes in Wake Green Road and Duchess Road, Edgbaston as  well as Moseley (2001). Unfortunately, things would become worse for the boy who had lost his father some years earlier. His mother would also die. She passed away at 

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