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* '''[[2 January|2]]''' - In honour of his 80th birthday the following day, [[The Sunday Times Magazine (2 January 1972)|''The Sunday Times Magazine'']] runs an interview of [[William Cater]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "The Lord of the Legends".  
* '''[[2 January|2]]''' - In honour of his 80th birthday the following day, [[The Sunday Times Magazine (2 January 1972)|''The Sunday Times Magazine'']] runs an interview of [[William Cater]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "The Lord of the Legends".  
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] celebrates his 80th birthday.
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] celebrates his 80th birthday.
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[The Tolkien Society]] wishes J.R.R. Tolkien a happy 80th birthday in ''The Times.''
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[The Tolkien Society]] sends Tolkien a jar of tobacco as a birthday present.
* '''[[15 January|15]]''' - [[The Tolkien Society]] holds a general meeting and becomes formally constituted.
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 332]].
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 332]].
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Michael George Tolkien 30 January 1972|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]].
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - Actress [[Jennifer Hale]] is born.
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - Actress [[Jennifer Hale]] is born.


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* '''[[9 February|9]]''' - Actor [[Crispin Freeman]] is born.  
* '''[[9 February|9]]''' - Actor [[Crispin Freeman]] is born.  
* '''[[26 February|26]]''' - Actor [[Keith Ferguson]] is born.
* '''[[26 February|26]]''' - Actor [[Keith Ferguson]] is born.
==March==
==March==
* '''[[16 March|16]]''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 333]].
* '''[[16 March|16]]''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 333]].
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* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - At Buckingham Palace, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is appointed a [[wikipedia:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] by Queen Elizabeth II.
* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - At Buckingham Palace, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is appointed a [[wikipedia:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] by Queen Elizabeth II.
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 334]].
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 334]].
==April==
* '''[[19 April|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Eva Heilborn 19 April 1972|a letter to Eva Heilborn]].
==May==
==May==
* '''[[18 May|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 335]].
* '''[[18 May|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 335]].
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==June==
==June==
* '''[[6 June|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 338]].
* '''[[6 June|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 338]].
* '''[[11 June|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Robert Burchfield 11 June 1972|a letter to Robert Burchfield]].
* '''[[27 June|27]]''' - [[Vera Chapman]] meets [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He agrees to become [[The Tolkien Society]]'s Honorary President.
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] begins.
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] begins.
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 339]].
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 339]].
==July==
==July==
* '''[[4 July|4]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] ends.
* '''[[4 July|4]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] ends.
* '''[[4 July|4]]''' - [[Letter 339]] is published in the ''Daily Telegraph''.
* '''[[4 July|4]]''' - [[Letter 339]] is published in the ''Daily Telegraph''.
* '''[[11 July|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 340]].
* '''[[11 July|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 340]].
* '''[[27 July|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Desk certificate 27 July 1972|certificate of authenticity]] for the [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes|sale of his desk]].
==August==
==August==
* '''[[7 August|7]]''' - Actor [[Karl Urban]] is born.
* '''[[7 August|7]]''' - Actor [[Karl Urban]] is born.
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* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Actor [[Felix Felton]] dies.
* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Actor [[Felix Felton]] dies.
* '''?''' - ''[[Master of Middle-earth|Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' is published.
* '''?''' - ''[[Master of Middle-earth|Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' is published.
==November==
==November==
* '''[[1 November|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s desk is [[Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes|sold at Sotheby's]].
* '''[[9 November|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 342]].
* '''[[9 November|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 342]].
* '''[[21 November|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 343]].
* '''[[21 November|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 343]].
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* '''[[13 December|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 346]].
* '''[[13 December|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 346]].
* '''[[17 December|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 347]].
* '''[[17 December|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 347]].
==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] returns to [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and rooms at Merton College.
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] returns to [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and rooms at Merton College.
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* '''?''' - The Swedish Tolkien Society [[Forodrim]] is founded.
* '''?''' - The Swedish Tolkien Society [[Forodrim]] is founded.
* '''?''' - Scholar [[Anne C. Petty]] presents her Ph.D. thesis ''[[One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology|The Creative Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse]]''.
* '''?''' - Scholar [[Anne C. Petty]] presents her Ph.D. thesis ''[[One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology|The Creative Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse]]''.
 
* '''?''' - Scholar [[Stefan Ekman]] is born.
* '''?''' - ''[[A Glossary of the Eldarin Tongues]]'' is published.
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Revision as of 10:18, 30 June 2012

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1972.

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