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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to A.W. Riddle (10 January 1947)|a letter to A.W. Riddle]]. | * '''[[10 January|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to A.W. Riddle (10 January 1947)|a letter to A.W. Riddle]]. | ||
==March== | |||
* '''?''' - J.R.R. Tolkien, [[Edith Bratt|Edith]] and [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]] move from [[20 Northmoor Road]] to [[3 Manor Road]], [[Oxford]]. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[3 June|3]]''' - Actor [[Matthew Locricchio]] is born. | * '''[[3 June|3]]''' - Actor [[Matthew Locricchio]] is born. | ||
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* '''[[31 July|31]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 109]]. | * '''[[31 July|31]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 109]]. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] makes the drawing ''[[New Lodge, Stonyhurst]]''. | |||
* '''[[20 August|20]]''' - Artist [[Alan Lee]] is born. | * '''[[20 August|20]]''' - Artist [[Alan Lee]] is born. | ||
* '''[[25 August|25]]''' - Artist [[Michael Kaluta]] is born. | * '''[[25 August|25]]''' - Artist [[Michael Kaluta]] is born. | ||
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* '''[[26 September|26]]''' - Actor [[Graham Faulkner]] is born. | * '''[[26 September|26]]''' - Actor [[Graham Faulkner]] is born. | ||
* '''[[30 September|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rosemary (30 September 1947) |a letter to Rosemary]]. | * '''[[30 September|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rosemary (30 September 1947) |a letter to Rosemary]]. | ||
*'''?''' - Tolkien, a fellow of Merton College, visits the college's estates in [[Cambridge]]. | |||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[2 October| | * '''[[2 October|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to A.W. Riddle (2 October 1947)|a letter to A.W. Riddle]]. | ||
* '''[[14 October|14]]''' - Author [[David Day]] is born. | |||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[30 November|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 112]]. | * '''[[30 November|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 112]]. | ||
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* '''?''' - The first translation of one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s works, ''[[The Hobbit]]'' (as ''[[Hompen]]''), is published. | * '''?''' - The first translation of one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s works, ''[[The Hobbit]]'' (as ''[[Hompen]]''), is published. | ||
* '''?''' - [[Ruth S. Noel]] is born. | * '''?''' - [[Ruth S. Noel]] is born. | ||
* '''?''' - [[Peter Kjærulff]] is born. | * '''?''' - [[Peter Kjærulff]] is born. | ||
{{Years|1944|1945|1946|1947|1948|1949|1950|}} | {{Years|1944|1945|1946|1947|1948|1949|1950|}} | ||
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Revision as of 09:13, 10 December 2020
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1947.
January
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to A.W. Riddle.
March
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien, Edith and Priscilla move from 20 Northmoor Road to 3 Manor Road, Oxford.
June
- 3 - Actor Matthew Locricchio is born.
July
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 108.
- 19 - Author and scholar Colin Duriez is born.
- 28 - Rayner Unwin reports on the first version of The Fellowship of the Ring.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 109.
August
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien makes the drawing New Lodge, Stonyhurst.
- 20 - Artist Alan Lee is born.
- 25 - Artist Michael Kaluta is born.
September
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 110.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 111.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith.
- 26 - Actor Graham Faulkner is born.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rosemary.
- ? - Tolkien, a fellow of Merton College, visits the college's estates in Cambridge.
October
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to A.W. Riddle.
- 14 - Author David Day is born.
November
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 112.
December
- 4 - Essays Presented to Charles Williams, including "On Fairy-Stories", is published.
- 10 - Douglas C. Kenney, co-author of Bored of the Rings, is born.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Malcolm Knox.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien and S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne's essay "'iþþlen' in Sawles Warde" is published in English Studies.
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- ? - The first translation of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's works, The Hobbit (as Hompen), is published.
- ? - Ruth S. Noel is born.
- ? - Peter Kjærulff is born.
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