Christina Scull

Christina Scull (b. 6 March 1942) is a researcher and writer best known for her books about the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. She worked for the London Board of Trade from 1961 to 1971 while completing with Honours her Bachelor of Arts degree in art history and medieval history at Birkbeck College. From 1971 to 1995 she served as Librarian of the Soane Museum in London.

Scull married Wayne G. Hammond in 1994 and has subsequently collaborated with him on several projects.

Bibliography, selected

Books

• 1993: Tolkien Portraiture (as assistant)
• 1995: J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (with Wayne Hammond)
• 1998: Roverandom - (edited with Wayne Hammond)
• 1999: Farmer Giles of Ham (50th Anniversary Edition) - (edited with Wayne Hammond)
• 2005: The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (with Wayne Hammond)
• 2006: The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (with Wayne Hammond)
• 2006: The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder (edited with Wayne Hammond)
• 2011: The Art of The Hobbit (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2014: The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book (expanded edition) (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2015: The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (with Wayne G. Hammond)

Articles

• 1986: Amon Hen 81
  • "Art Review" (with John Ellison)
• 1986: Mallorn 23
  • "The Fairy Tale Tradition"
• 1988: Amon Hen 89
  • MythCon Report
• 1988: Amon Hen 93
  • "Tolkien's Poetry"
• 1989: Amon Hen 95
  • Middle-earth on Radio
• 1989: Amon Hen 98
  • The Publishing History of Farmer Giles
• 1990: Mallorn 27
  • "On Reading and Re-reading The Lord of the Rings"
• 1991: Leaves from the Tree
  • "Dragons from Andrew Lang's Retelling of Sigurd to Tolkien's Chrysophylax"
  • "Tom Bombadil and The Lord of the Rings"
• 1992: Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992
  • "Chairman's Welcome"
• 1993: Scholarship and Fantasy
  • "The Influence of Archaeology and History on Tolkien's Middle-earth"
• 1993: Mallorn 30
  • "The Hobbit and Tolkien's Other Pre-war Writings" (with John Rateliff)
• 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
  • "Open Minds, Closed Minds in The Lord of the Rings"
• 1995: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
  • "Index" (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2002: The Best of Amon Hen Part 2
  • "Tolkien's Poetry"
• 2002: The Bark, issue 18, Spring 2002, pp. 84-5 (with Wayne G. Hammond)
  • "Tolkien's Dogs"
• 2004: The Lord of the Rings. Text of presentation pack booklet for Tolkien commemorative stamps. Royal Mail.
• 2011: Amon Hen 231
  • "The Great Gate Debate" (with Wayne G. Hammond and David Doerr)
• 2018: Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
  • "Tolkien's Visual Art" (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2022: The Great Tales Never End
  • "‘I Wisely Started with a Map’: J.R.R. Tolkien as Cartographer" (with Wayne G. Hammond)

Reviews

• 1993: Mallorn 30
  • J.R.R Tolkien: Life and Legend
• 1995: SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Volume 12
  • The History of Middle Earth (with Wayne G. Hammond)

Awards

• 1996: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2000: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies, Roverandom (co-editor with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2006: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2007: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2016: Tolkien Society Award: Best Book, The Art of The Lord of the Rings (with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2018: Tolkien Society Award: Best Online Content, Too Many Books and Never Enough (together with Wayne G. Hammond)
• 2020: Tolkien Society Award: Outstanding Contribution (together with Wayne G. Hammond)

External links

• Official site of Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond
• An Interview with Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull by Michael Martinez
• Interview with Hammond and Scull at Tolkien Library