1904

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1904.

[edit] January

• ? - Ronald and Hilary Tolkien fall ill with measles.

[edit] April

• ? - Mabel Tolkien is diagnosed with diabetes.

[edit] November

• 14 - Mabel Tolkien dies at the age of 34 died after six days in a diabetic coma.
• 24 - Actor John Wyse is born.
• ? - Ronald and Hilary Tolkien move in with their Aunt, Beatrice Suffield.

[edit] Late 1904/Early 1905

• ? - After the death of his mother, the guardianship of Tolkien and his brother Hilary is taken over by Father Francis Xavier Morgan, a priest of the Birmingham Oratory.