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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''4''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 9]]. | * '''[[January 4|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 9]]. | ||
* '''7''' - At the request of his father, young [[Rayner Unwin]] writes a book report on ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''. This is the first of many positive critiques. | * '''[[January 7|7]]''' - At the request of his father, young [[Rayner Unwin]] writes a book report on ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''. This is the first of many positive critiques. | ||
* '''16''' - Artist [[Klaus Ensikat]] is born. | * '''[[January 16|16]]''' - Artist [[Klaus Ensikat]] is born. | ||
* '''17''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 10]]. | * '''[[January 17|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 10]]. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''5''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 11]]. | * '''[[February 5|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 11]]. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''13''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 12]]. | * '''[[April 13|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 12]]. | ||
* '''20''' - [[George Takei]], who travelled the world as narrator of [[Johan de Meij]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings"]]'', is born. | * '''[[April 20|20]]''' - [[George Takei]], who travelled the world as narrator of [[Johan de Meij]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings"]]'', is born. | ||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''13''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 13]]. | * '''[[May 13|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 13]]. | ||
* '''28''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 14]]. | * '''[[May 28|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 14]]. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''1''' - ''[[Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics]]'' is published. | * '''[[July 1|1]]''' - ''[[Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics]]'' is published. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''1''' - [[Ian Hogg]], who would voice [[Tom Bombadil]] in [[BBC]]'s radio series of ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'', is born. | * '''[[August 1|1]]''' - [[Ian Hogg]], who would voice [[Tom Bombadil]] in [[BBC]]'s radio series of ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'', is born. | ||
* '''5''' - [[Alan Howard]], the voice for the [[One Ring]] in [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]] and [[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King|The Return of the King]], is born. | * '''[[August 5|5]]''' - [[Alan Howard]], the voice for the [[One Ring]] in [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]] and [[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King|The Return of the King]], is born. | ||
* '''31''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 15]]. | * '''[[August 31|31]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 15]]. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''21''' - ''[[The Hobbit]]'' is published. | * '''[[September 21|21]]''' - ''[[The Hobbit]]'' is published. | ||
* '''28''' - [[Donald Gee]], who would voice [[Radagast]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]], is born. | * '''[[September 28|28]]''' - [[Donald Gee]], who would voice [[Radagast]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]], is born. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 16]]. | * '''[[October 3|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 16]]. | ||
* '''8''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] reviews ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times''. | * '''[[October 8|8]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] reviews ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times''. | ||
* '''9''' - [[Brian Blessed]], who would play [[Farmer Giles]] in ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)]]'', is born. | * '''[[October 9|9]]''' - [[Brian Blessed]], who would play [[Farmer Giles]] in ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)]]'', is born. | ||
* '''15''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 17]]. | * '''[[October 15|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 17]]. | ||
* '''16''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 19]]. | * '''[[October 16|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 19]]. | ||
* '''19''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 20]]. | * '''[[October 19|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 20]]. | ||
* '''23''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 18]]. | * '''[[October 23|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 18]]. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''16-19''' - Tolkien starts writing the first chapter of the "New Hobbit", which will later become ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. | * '''[[December 16|16]]-[[December 19|19]]''' - Tolkien starts writing the first chapter of the "New Hobbit", which will later become ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. | ||
* '''25''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children. | * '''[[December 25|25]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children. | ||
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Revision as of 11:06, 20 June 2010
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1937.
January
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 9.
- 7 - At the request of his father, young Rayner Unwin writes a book report on Farmer Giles of Ham. This is the first of many positive critiques.
- 16 - Artist Klaus Ensikat is born.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 10.
February
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 11.
April
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 12.
- 20 - George Takei, who travelled the world as narrator of Johan de Meij's Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings", is born.
May
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 13.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 14.
July
- 1 - Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics is published.
August
- 1 - Ian Hogg, who would voice Tom Bombadil in BBC's radio series of Tales from the Perilous Realm, is born.
- 5 - Alan Howard, the voice for the One Ring in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King, is born.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 15.
September
- 21 - The Hobbit is published.
- 28 - Donald Gee, who would voice Radagast in 1981 radio series, is born.
October
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 16.
- 8 - C.S. Lewis reviews The Hobbit in The Times.
- 9 - Brian Blessed, who would play Farmer Giles in Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series), is born.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 17.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 19.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 20.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 18.
December
- 16-19 - Tolkien starts writing the first chapter of the "New Hobbit", which will later become The Lord of the Rings.
- 25 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
?
- ? - Tolkien submits The Father Christmas Letters and The Silmarillion for publication but they are rejected.
- ? - Author Jared Lobdell is born.
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