J. R. R. Tolkien

1892-1973 · Oxford · English philology and literature

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Primary works· 2

1936
Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics· English
1954-1955
The Lord of the Rings· English

Cross-branch

Biography pending

No hand-written bio for J. R. R. Tolkien yet. The metadata above (lifespan, region, tradition, primary works, tags) is the canon record from canon-figures/figures.json. Bios live under canon-figures/bios/ — contributions welcome.

Sources

Wikipedia ↗
primary biographical entry
Wikidata ↗
structured identifiers (VIAF, GND, ORCID, ISNI)
OpenAlex ↗
OA-indexed authored works + citation graph
Google Scholar ↗
works authored, works citing — broadest coverage

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