1924
From Tolkien Gateway
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1924.
April
- 14 - Philip Stone, who would voice Théoden in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
May
- 2 - Theodore Bikel, who would voice Aragorn in The Return of the King (1980 film), is born.
July
- 3 - Artist Kay Woollard is born.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien is appointed Professor of English Language at the University of Leeds.
- 19 - Director Arthur Rankin Jr. is born.
- 31 - Actor Garard Green is born.
August
- 8 - Gene Deitch, who would make a short 12 minute movie of The Hobbit, is born.
September
- 7 - Composer Leonard Rosenman is born.
October
- 1 - Tolkien begins his Professorship.
- 14 - Philologist Brian Miller, student and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- 25 - Actor Billy Barty is born.
November
- 6 - Translator William Auld is born.
- 21 - Christopher Tolkien is born in Leeds, England.
December
- 23 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
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- ? - Actor William Johnson is born.
- ? - Tolkien's poems "An Evening in Tavrobel", "The Lonely Isle", and "The Princess Ní" are published in Leeds University Verse 1914-24.
- ? - Tolkien tells his son John the story "The Orgog" when he cannot sleep.
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