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* '''[[13 May|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 145]]. | * '''[[13 May|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 145]]. | ||
* '''[[17 May|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Henry Willink|a letter to Henry Willink]]. | * '''[[17 May|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Henry Willink|a letter to Henry Willink]]. | ||
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to W.N. Beard|a letter to W.N. Beard]]. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[4 June|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 146]]. | * '''[[4 June|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 146]]. | ||
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* '''[[7 August|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 148]]. | * '''[[7 August|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 148]]. | ||
* '''[[14 August|14]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] [[The Gods Return to Earth|reviews ''The Fellowship of the Ring'']] for ''Time and Tide''. | * '''[[14 August|14]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] [[The Gods Return to Earth|reviews ''The Fellowship of the Ring'']] for ''Time and Tide''. | ||
* '''[[21 August|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Nevill Coghill|a letter to Nevill Coghill]]. | |||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[9 September|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 149]]. | * '''[[9 September|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 149]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:32, 26 May 2015
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1954.
January
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 143.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Rector of the University of Liège.
April
- 14 - Comics writer Charles Dixon is born.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 144.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Stanley Unwin.
- 30 - Programmer Don Woods is born.
May
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 145.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Henry Willink.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to W.N. Beard.
June
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 146.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 147.
July
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a D. Litt. from the University of Dublin.
- 29 - The Fellowship of the Ring is published.
August
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 148.
- 14 - C.S. Lewis reviews The Fellowship of the Ring for Time and Tide.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Nevill Coghill.
September
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 149.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Rector of the University of Liège.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 150 and 151.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 152.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 154.
October
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Rector of the University of Liège.
- 31 – "The Hero Is a Hobbit", a review by W.H. Auden of The Fellowship of the Ring, is published.
November
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 156.
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to R.W. Burchfield.
- 7 - Guy Gavriel Kay, who would assist Christopher Tolkien with the writing of The Silmarillion, is born.
- 11 - The Two Towers is published.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 22 - Rayner Heppenstall writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 157.
December
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 158.
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes writing a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 3 - The BBC Third Programme broadcasts the radio play of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 14 - James Horan, who would voice several character in video games, is born.
- 25 - Singer Annie Lennox is born.
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