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==January== | |||
* '''[[29 January|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 135c]]. | |||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* ''' | * '''[[11 February|11]]''' - [[Wayne G. Hammond]] is born. | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[March 24|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 136]]. | * '''[[11 March|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 135d]]. | ||
* '''[[24 March|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] meets [[Rayner Unwin]] in [[Oxford]]<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/readers.html|author=[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion (2005)|dated=31 March 2015|website=[http://www.hammondandscull.com wayne & christina]|accessed=8 December 2022}}</ref> and then writes [[letter 136]] to his father, [[Stanley Unwin]]. | |||
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]] move to [[76 Sandfield Road]]. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[11 April|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 137]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[15 April|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]]''. | ||
* '''[[21 April|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 137a]]. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[June 11| | * '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 137b]]. | ||
* '''[[June | * '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 137c]]. | ||
* '''[[11 June|11]]''' - ''[[Pearl (E.V. Gordon)|Pearl]]'', edited by [[E.V. Gordon]] and including a contribution by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | |||
* '''[[22 June|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 137d]]. | |||
* '''[[24 June|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to George Sayer (24 June 1953)|a letter to George Sayer]]. | |||
* '''[[27 June|27]]''' - Actress [[Lorri Holt]] is born. | |||
* '''?''' - [[Christopher Gilson]], linguist, is born. | * '''?''' - [[Christopher Gilson]], linguist, is born. | ||
==July== | |||
* '''? (mid-month)''' - J.R.R. Tolkien receives galley-proofs of the first volume from [[Allen and Unwin]]; he realised that some words have been over-corrected (dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and worst of all, elven to elfin).<ref>{{L|138}}</ref> | |||
* '''[[8 July|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 137e]]. | |||
* '''[[28 July|28]]''' - Rayner Unwin presses Tolkien to choose titles for each volume for ''Lord of the Rings''; he erroneously proposes that the general title should belong to the first volume.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. xxxiii</ref><ref>{{L|139}}</ref> | |||
==August== | ==August== | ||
*'''[[August | *'''[[4 August|4]]''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 138]]. | ||
* '''[[August | * '''[[8 August|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 139]]. | ||
*'''[[August 17|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[letter 140|agrees]] with [[Rayner Unwin]] on the | * '''[[15 August|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[letter to Ronald Eames]]. | ||
*'''[[17 August|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[letter 140|agrees]] with [[Rayner Unwin]] on the volume titles for the book: they will be ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', ''[[The Two Towers]]'' and (reluctantly) ''[[The Return of the King]]''. | |||
* '''[[31 August|31]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 140a]]. | |||
==September== | |||
* '''[[3 September|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 140b]]. | |||
* '''[[8 September|8]]''' - Actor [[John McGlynn]] is born. | |||
* '''[[23 September|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 140c]]. | |||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October 9|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 141]]. | * '''[[4 October|4]]''' - Actor [[Chris Fairbank]] is born. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Essays and Studies 1953]]'', including ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth | * '''[[9 October|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 141]]. | ||
* '''[[15 October|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 141a]]. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[Essays and Studies 1953]]'', including ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | |||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[November 23|23]]''' - Composer [[Johan de Meij]] is born. | * '''[[19 November|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 141b]]. | ||
* '''[[23 November|23]]''' - Composer [[Johan de Meij]] is born. | |||
* '''[[30 November|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 141c]]. | |||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[December 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 142]]. | * '''[[1 December|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 141d]]. | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 142]]. | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[4 December|4]]''' - An issue of the magazine ''[[Radio Times 4 December 1953|Radio Times]]'' featuring an article by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
* '''[[5 December|5]]''' - Actor [[Christopher Guard]] is born. | |||
* '''[[10 December|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 142a]]. | |||
* '''[[28 December|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rayner Unwin (28 December 1953)|a letter to Rayner Unwin]]. | |||
* '''[[29 December|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] visits [[Allen and Unwin|Allen & Unwin]] at [[Wikipedia:Museum Street|Museum Street]] in London. | |||
==?== | |||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 135b]]. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[Essais de philologie moderne (1951)]]'', including the essay "[[Middle English 'Losenger' (essay)|Middle English 'Losenger']]" by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | |||
* '''Late''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] draws [[General Map of Middle-earth]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lv</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 16 December 2023
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1953.
January[edit | edit source]
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 135c.
February[edit | edit source]
- 11 - Wayne G. Hammond is born.
March[edit | edit source]
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 135d.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien meets Rayner Unwin in Oxford[1] and then writes letter 136 to his father, Stanley Unwin.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien and Edith move to 76 Sandfield Road.
April[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 137a.
June[edit | edit source]
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 137b.
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 137c.
- 11 - Pearl, edited by E.V. Gordon and including a contribution by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 137d.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to George Sayer.
- 27 - Actress Lorri Holt is born.
- ? - Christopher Gilson, linguist, is born.
July[edit | edit source]
- ? (mid-month) - J.R.R. Tolkien receives galley-proofs of the first volume from Allen and Unwin; he realised that some words have been over-corrected (dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and worst of all, elven to elfin).[2]
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 137e.
- 28 - Rayner Unwin presses Tolkien to choose titles for each volume for Lord of the Rings; he erroneously proposes that the general title should belong to the first volume.[3][4]
August[edit | edit source]
- 4 – J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 138.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 139.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Ronald Eames.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien agrees with Rayner Unwin on the volume titles for the book: they will be The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and (reluctantly) The Return of the King.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 140a.
September[edit | edit source]
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 140b.
- 8 - Actor John McGlynn is born.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 140c.
October[edit | edit source]
- 4 - Actor Chris Fairbank is born.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 141.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 141a.
- ? - Essays and Studies 1953, including The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
November[edit | edit source]
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 141b.
- 23 - Composer Johan de Meij is born.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 141c.
December[edit | edit source]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 141d.
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 142.
- 4 - An issue of the magazine Radio Times featuring an article by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 5 - Actor Christopher Guard is born.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 142a.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien visits Allen & Unwin at Museum Street in London.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 135b.
- ? - Essais de philologie moderne (1951), including the essay "Middle English 'Losenger'" by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- Late - Christopher Tolkien draws General Map of Middle-earth.[5]
References
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion (2005)" dated 31 March 2015, wayne & christina (accessed 8 December 2022)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 138, (dated 4 August 1953)
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. xxxiii
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 139, (dated 8 August 1953)
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lv
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