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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[January | * '''[[29 January|29]]''' - [[Richard E. Blackwelder]], Tolkien collector, is born. | ||
==June== | |||
* '''[[10 June|10]]''' - Around this date [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] composes the [[Book of the Foxrook]]. | |||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''[[20 August|20]]''' - [[André Morell]], who would play [[Elrond]] in '' | * '''[[20 August|20]]''' - [[André Morell]], who would play [[Elrond]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]], is born. | ||
==Autumn== | ==Autumn== | ||
* [[Francis Xavier Morgan|Father Morgan]] discovers the romance between [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]], which he fears may lead to early marriage and ruin Tolkien's carer prospects. | * [[Francis Xavier Morgan|Father Morgan]] discovers the romance between [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]], which he fears may lead to early marriage and ruin Tolkien's carer prospects. | ||
Revision as of 15:18, 11 December 2012
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1909.
January
- 29 - Richard E. Blackwelder, Tolkien collector, is born.
June
- 10 - Around this date J.R.R. Tolkien composes the Book of the Foxrook.
August
- 20 - André Morell, who would play Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
Autumn
- Father Morgan discovers the romance between J.R.R. Tolkien and Edith Bratt, which he fears may lead to early marriage and ruin Tolkien's carer prospects.
- Tolkien fails to win an Oxford scholarship.
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- ? - Elaine Griffiths, friend and pupil of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
| Years 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 |
