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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. | |||
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) | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www. | * [http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/francis-morgan/ Father Francis Xavier Morgan (1935)], by F. Philip Lynch; Birmingham Oratory | ||
* [http://www. | * [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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Revision as of 12:02, 4 December 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] 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
- 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
- ↑ José Manuel Ferrández Bru, "J.R.R. Tolkien's Spanish Connection", Author's website (accessed 20 May 2020)
- ↑ ""Uncle Curro". J.R.R. Tolkien's Spanish Connection", Luna Press Publishing (accessed 20 May 2020)
- ↑ 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