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Father Francis Xavier Morgan, forbade Tolkien to see [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]] until he was twenty-one because he saw her as a distraction from his studies. With one exception, Tolkien obeyed this instruction to the letter while Father Morgan's guardianship lasted. | Father Francis Xavier Morgan, forbade Tolkien to see [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]] until he was twenty-one because he saw her as a distraction from his studies. With one exception, Tolkien obeyed this instruction to the letter while Father Morgan's guardianship lasted. | ||
Tolkien named his first son, [[John Tolkien|John Francis Reuel]] after him.<ref>{{ | Tolkien named his first son, [[John Tolkien|John Francis Reuel]] after him.<ref>{{B|III}}, p. 97</ref> | ||
In 2013, [[José Manuel Ferrández Bru]] published ''[[La Conexion Española de J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', a Spanish-language biography about Francis Xavier Morgan.<ref>{{webcite|author="juanito panchacoco"|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/24179|articlename=A biography of Fr. Francis is published (#24179)|dated=25 March 2013|website=[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/ Mythsoc mailing list]|accessed=25 March 2013}}</ref> | In 2013, [[José Manuel Ferrández Bru]] published ''[[La Conexion Española de J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', a Spanish-language biography about Francis Xavier Morgan.<ref>{{webcite|author="juanito panchacoco"|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/24179|articlename=A biography of Fr. Francis is published (#24179)|dated=25 March 2013|website=[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/ Mythsoc mailing list]|accessed=25 March 2013}}</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Letter to Father Francis Morgan]] (letter) | *[[Letter to Father Francis Morgan]] (letter) | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/ | * [http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/francis-morgan/ Father Francis Xavier Morgan (1935)], by F. Philip Lynch; Birmingham Oratory | ||
* [http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/ | * [http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/tolkien-and-the-oratory/ Tolkien and the Oratory] | ||
* "[http://www.josemanuelferrandez.com/ | * "[http://www.josemanuelferrandez.com/vieja/london/london.html The Morgan Family in London]" by [[José Manuel Ferrández Bru]] | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Francis Xavier}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Francis Xavier}} | ||
[[Category:Religious workers]] | [[Category:Religious workers]] | ||
Revision as of 20:38, 12 May 2020
Father Francis Xavier Morgan (January 18, 1857 - June 11, 1935) was a Roman Catholic priest at the Birmingham Oratory in Birmingham. He was half Welsh and half Anglo-Spanish.
He took care of Mabel Tolkien during her illness, and took over custody of Ronald and Hilary Tolkien after her death. Father Francis was a pipe-smoker and Tolkien derived his own custom from this.
Father Francis Xavier Morgan, forbade Tolkien to see Edith Bratt until he was twenty-one because he saw her as a distraction from his studies. With one exception, Tolkien obeyed this instruction to the letter while Father Morgan's guardianship lasted.
Tolkien named his first son, John Francis Reuel after him.[1]
In 2013, José Manuel Ferrández Bru published La Conexion Española de J.R.R. Tolkien, a Spanish-language biography about Francis Xavier Morgan.[2]
See also
- Letter to Father Francis Morgan (letter)
External links
- Father Francis Xavier Morgan (1935), by F. Philip Lynch; Birmingham Oratory
- Tolkien and the Oratory
- "The Morgan Family in London" by José Manuel Ferrández Bru
References
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "III. 1917-1925: The making of a mythology", p. 97
- ↑ "juanito panchacoco", "A biography of Fr. Francis is published (#24179)" dated 25 March 2013, Mythsoc mailing list (accessed 25 March 2013)
