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==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''?''' - [[Wayne G. Hammond]] is born. | * '''?''' - [[Wayne G. Hammond]] is born. | ||
==March== | |||
* '''24''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 136]]. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''15''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives the [[W.P. Ker Lecture]] at Glasgow University. | * '''11''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 137]]. | ||
* '''15''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives the [[W.P. Ker Lecture]] at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''?''' - [[Christopher Gilson]], linguist, is born. | * '''?''' - [[Christopher Gilson]], linguist, is born. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
*''' | *'''4''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is angry over the fact that an editor at [[Allen and Unwin]] has corrected dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and worst of all, elven to elfin. | ||
== | * '''8''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 139]]. | ||
* '''?''' - [[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]] is first published. | *'''17''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[letter 140|agrees]] with [[Rayner Unwin]] on the book titles for his sequel to ''[[The Hobbit]]'': they will be ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', ''[[The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Return of the King]]''. | ||
* ''' | ==October== | ||
* '''9''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 141]]. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]]'' is first published. | |||
==November== | |||
* '''23''' - Composer [[Johan de Meij]] is born. | |||
==December== | |||
* '''2''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 142]]. | |||
* '''5''' - [[Christopher Guard]], who would voice [[Frodo Baggins]] in ''[[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | |||
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Revision as of 12:27, 8 March 2009
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1953.
February
- ? - Wayne G. Hammond is born.
March
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 136.
April
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 137.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien gives the W.P. Ker Lecture at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
June
- ? - Christopher Gilson, linguist, is born.
August
- 4 – J.R.R. Tolkien is angry over the fact that an editor at Allen and Unwin has corrected dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and worst of all, elven to elfin.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 139.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien agrees with Rayner Unwin on the book titles for his sequel to The Hobbit: they will be The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
October
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 141.
- ? - The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son is first published.
November
- 23 - Composer Johan de Meij is born.
December
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 142.
- 5 - Christopher Guard, who would voice Frodo Baggins in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
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