1936

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1936.

January

• 14 - In his Preface to Roman Britain and the English Settlements, R.G. Collingwood on this date writes about J.R.R. Tolkien's contribution to the book.

March

• 30 - C.A. Furth (of George Allen & Unwin Ltd) writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.

April

• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the manuscript "Primitive Quendian: Final Consonants".

May

• 17 - Swedish author Lars Gustafsson, who were to conduct an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.

June

• 14 - Author G.K.Chesterton dies.

September

• 4 - German translator Hans J. Schütz is born.
• 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Professor A. Pompen.

October

• 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes retyping The Hobbit.
• 10 - Stanley Unwin reads the typescript of The Hobbit.
• 17 - David Buck, who would voice Gimli in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
• 30 - Rayner Unwin, aged 10, writes a "Report on the Hobbit".

November

• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien delivers the lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" to the British Academy.

December

• 23 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.

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• ? - Allen and Unwin read the manuscript of The Hobbit and suggest that he complete it.
• ? - Songs for the Philologists is published.
• ? - Illustrator Peter Chuklev is born.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien's secretary Joy Hill is born.

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