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* [[2003]]: [[Christian History 78|''Christian History'', Issue 78]]
* [[2003]]: [[Christian History 78|''Christian History'', Issue 78]]
** "The 'idol' speaks"
** "The 'idol' speaks"
===Other===
*[[The Hobbit (1967 stage adaptation)|''The Hobbit'' (1967 stage adaptation)]]


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Letter to Humphrey Carpenter]] (letter from Tolkien)
*[[Letter to Humphrey Carpenter]] (letter from Tolkien)
*[[The Hobbit (1967 stage adaptation)|''The Hobbit'' (1967 stage adaptation)]]


==External links==
==External links==
*{{WP|Humphrey Carpenter}}
*{{WP|Humphrey Carpenter}}
*[http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/3722966.print/ Remembering the Magic Man] at theoxfordtimes
*[http://www.audensociety.org/09newsletter.html An Interview with Humphrey Carpenter, 27 April 1992]
*[http://www.audensociety.org/09newsletter.html An Interview with Humphrey Carpenter, 27 April 1992]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/greatlives/team.shtml Humphrey Carpenter Obituary]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/greatlives/team.shtml Humphrey Carpenter Obituary]

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Humphrey Carpenter
Biographical information
Born29 April 1946
Died4 January 2005
OccupationAuthor

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 19464 January 2005) was J.R.R. Tolkien's authorised biographer.

In addition to J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, Carpenter wrote The Inklings and edited The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (with assistance from Christopher Tolkien).

He died of heart failure at the age of 58, a day after the anniversary of Tolkien's birth. He is buried in Wolvercote Cemetery.

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