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'''Father Francis Xavier Morgan''' ([[January 18]], 1857 - [[June 11]], [[1935]]) was a Roman Catholic priest at the Brimingham Oratory in [[Birmingham]]. He was half Welsh and half Anglo-Spanish.
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'''Father Francis Xavier Morgan''' ([[18 January|January 18]], [[1857]] - [[11 June|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 Suffield|Mabel Tolkien]] during her illness, and took over custody of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Ronald]] and [[Hilary Tolkien]] after her death. Father Francis was a [[J.R.R._Tolkien's_inspirations#pipe-smoking|pipe-smoker]] and Tolkien derived his own custom from this.
He took care of [[Mabel Suffield|Mabel Tolkien]] during her illness, and took over custody of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Ronald]] and [[Hilary Tolkien]] after her death. Father Francis was a [[J.R.R._Tolkien's_inspirations#pipe-smoking|pipe-smoker]] and Tolkien derived his own custom from this.


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. After that period he wedded the couple in [[1916]].  
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>{{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=José Manuel Ferrández Bru|articleurl=http://www.josemanuelferrandez.com/unclecurro/index.html|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien's Spanish Connection|website=[http://www.josemanuelferrandez.com/ENindex.html Author's website]|accessed=20 May 2020}}</ref> The book was later translated into English.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/uncle-curro-j-r-r-tolkien-s-spanish-connection|articlename="Uncle Curro". J.R.R. Tolkien's Spanish Connection|dated=|website=[http://www.lunapresspublishing.com Luna Press Publishing]|accessed=20 May 2020}}</ref>
 
==In Tolkien's works==
Tolkien honored Father Francis in the ''[[Gnomish Lexicon]]'', translating his name into [[Gnomish]]: ''Faidron'' or ''Faithron''. These names are clearly related with other words of the same lexicon: ''fair'' ("free, unconstrained"), ''faidwen/faith'' ("liberty"), ''faithir'' ("liberator, Saviour").<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 33</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Letter to Father Francis Morgan]] (letter)


Tolkien named his first son, [[John Tolkien|John Francis Reuel]] after him.
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*<small>[[Humphrey Carpenter|Carpenter, Humphrey]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''</small>
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.birmingham-oratory.org.uk/TheOratory/Community/FFrancisXavierMorgan/tabid/100/Default.aspx Father Francis Xavier Morgan]
* [http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/francis-morgan/ Father Francis Xavier Morgan (1935)], by F. Philip Lynch; Birmingham Oratory
* [http://www.birmingham-oratory.org.uk/TheOratory/Tolkien/tabid/76/Default.aspx Tolkien and Father Francis]
* [http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/tolkien-and-the-oratory/ Tolkien and the Oratory]
* "[http://www.josemanuelferrandez.com/vieja/london/london.html The Morgan Family in London]" by [[José Manuel Ferrández Bru]]


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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] The book was later translated into English.[3]

In Tolkien's works

Tolkien honored Father Francis in the Gnomish Lexicon, translating his name into Gnomish: Faidron or Faithron. These names are clearly related with other words of the same lexicon: fair ("free, unconstrained"), faidwen/faith ("liberty"), faithir ("liberator, Saviour").[4]

See also

External links

References

  1. Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "III. 1917-1925: The making of a mythology", p. 97
  2. José Manuel Ferrández Bru, "J.R.R. Tolkien's Spanish Connection", Author's website (accessed 20 May 2020)
  3. ""Uncle Curro". J.R.R. Tolkien's Spanish Connection", Luna Press Publishing (accessed 20 May 2020)
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Alphabet of Rúmil & Early Noldorin Fragments", in Parma Eldalamberon XIII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 33