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==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[June 11|1]]''' - ''[[Pearl (E.V. Gordon)|Pearl]]'', edited by [[E.V. Gordon]] and including a contribution by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | * '''[[June 11|1]]''' - ''[[Pearl (E.V. Gordon)|Pearl]]'', edited by [[E.V. Gordon]] and including a contribution by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
* '''[[June 27|27]]''' - [[Lorri Holt]] | * '''[[June 27|27]]''' - Actress [[Lorri Holt]] is born. | ||
* '''?''' - [[Christopher Gilson]], linguist, is born. | * '''?''' - [[Christopher Gilson]], linguist, is born. | ||
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* '''[[September 8|8]]''' - Actor [[John McGlynn]] is born. | * '''[[September 8|8]]''' - Actor [[John McGlynn]] is born. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October 4|4]]''' - Actor [[Chris Fairbank]] is born. | |||
* '''[[October 9|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 141]]. | * '''[[October 9|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 141]]. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Essays and Studies 1953]]'', including ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | * '''?''' - ''[[Essays and Studies 1953]]'', including ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
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* '''[[December 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 142]]. | * '''[[December 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 142]]. | ||
* '''[[December 4|4]]''' - An issue of the magazine ''[[Radio Times 4 December 1953|Radio Times]]'' featuring an article by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | * '''[[December 4|4]]''' - An issue of the magazine ''[[Radio Times 4 December 1953|Radio Times]]'' featuring an article by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
* '''[[December 5|5]]''' - [[Christopher Guard]] | * '''[[December 5|5]]''' - Actor [[Christopher Guard]] is born. | ||
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* '''?''' - German translator [[Hans-Ulrich Möhring]] is born. | * '''?''' - German translator [[Hans-Ulrich Möhring]] is born. | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 9 November 2010
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
- 1 - Pearl, edited by E.V. Gordon and including a contribution by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 27 - Actress Lorri Holt is born.
- ? - 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.
September
- 8 - Actor John McGlynn is born.
October
- 4 - Actor Chris Fairbank is born.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 141.
- ? - Essays and Studies 1953, including The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
November
- 23 - Composer Johan de Meij is born.
December
- 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.
?
- ? - German translator Hans-Ulrich Möhring is born.
- ? - Essais de philologie moderne (1951), including the essay "Middle English 'Losenger'" by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
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