Tolkien

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Mabel and Arthur Tolkien were residents of Dloemfantein, South Africa. On January 3, 1892, Mabel and Arthur had a son. His name was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. On February 17, 1894, Mabel had another boy, Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien. In April of 1895, Mabel Tolkien and her two boys took a ship to Birmingham, England to live with family and friends. They moved because the boys did not like the heat in South Africa.

Several months later Mabel got a letter saying that Arthur was sick. Arthur died a few days after Mabel received the letter. Mabel had to move to the countryside because she couldn't afford a house without Arthur's income.

One year after Ronald moved to the country, he was accepted to the King Edward's School, the best grammar school in England. Ronald got off to a slow start. He was not used to the hustle of the crowded classrooms. When Ronald was ten, Mabel enrolled him in St. Phillip's School because of her decisio


n to convert to Catholic, and also because Ronald had to leave King Edward's. In 1903 Ronald was accepted back into King Edward's.

In 1909 he took the Oxford test. A day later he received a notice that he would not receive a cash grant which would have enabled him to attend a university, but he could apply again the next year. In 1910 Ronald took the Oxford test again and passed. He would attend Oxford University.

After the war Ronald knew what he wanted to do. He wanted to create a literary masterpiece. He wrote every day. In 1917 Ronald's first son was born. After having several different jobs Ronald accepted a job as a professor a Oxford. During this time three more children were born, two boys and a girl. While at Oxford he began to write The Hobbit, which was finally published in 1937. The public enjoyed the book so much it sold out. Many readers asked for a sequel. The Lord of the Rings was finished in 1950, but th

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