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{{disambig-two|the Power, with the forenames Norman Sandiford, an acquaintance of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]|Power, with the forename Joseph, who encountered [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in the 1950s|[[Joseph Power]]}}
Canon<ref>Canon = "one of several priests on the permanent staff of a cathedral" (''Collins English Dictionary'')</ref> '''Norman Sandiford Power''' (presumably<ref>[http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=229888&title=brother-joseph-powers-experiences-of-tolkien Brother Joseph Power's experiences of Tolkien], at The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza, as of July 18, 2010</ref> later taking the name '''Joseph Power'''), born in Liverpool, England, in [[1925]], is a retired professor of English Language and Literature at Walsh University.


Power Was an undergraduate at Worcester College, [[Oxford]], in the late 1930s, and attended Tolkien's invitational speech at the Lovelace Society in [[1938]].
Canon<ref group="note">Canon = "one of several priests on the permanent staff of a cathedral" (''Collins English Dictionary'')</ref> '''Norman Sandiford Power''' (b. [[1916]]) received his B.A. at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1938. He went on to be associated with the parish of Ladywood in [[Birmingham]].<ref>[http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=229888 Brother Joseph Power's experiences of Tolkien] at Lotrplaza.com (retrieved July 31, 2010)</ref>
 
Power attended [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s invitational speech at the Lovelace Society in [[1938]].<ref>Power, Norman, "[Recollection; untitled]" in ''[[Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992]]''</ref>
 
By the end of the life of Tolkien, they renewed their contact (at least one letter is recorded, see [[Letter to Norman Power]]<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond, Wayne G.]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull, Christina]], ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Chronology'', p.773)</ref>):
 
{{quote|How strange that I had no further contact with Tolkien until the nineteen-seventies when I had already been Vicar of Ladywood for over twenty years. Tolkien began to write to me about his old homes, and then, with amazing kindness, about my own scribbling.|Norman Power, ''[[Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992]]''}}


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**[[1970]]: ''[[The Forgotten Kingdom]]''
**[[1970]]: ''[[The Forgotten Kingdom]]''
**[[1974]]: ''[[Fear in Firland]]''
**[[1974]]: ''[[Fear in Firland]]''
**[[1974]]: ''[[Firland i flammer]]''
**[[1974]]: ''[[Firland in Flames]]''
 
===Articles===
===Articles===
*[[1977]]: ''[[Amon Hen (journal)|Amon Hen]]'' 28 (August 1977)
**[Recollection; untitled?] (also published in ''[[Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992]]'')
*[[1992]]: ''[[Mythlore 69]]''
*[[1992]]: ''[[Mythlore 69]]''
**[Tribute to Tolkien] in "Tributes to Tolkien"
**[Untitled tribute, p.34, in] "Tributes to J.R.R. Tolkien"
*[[1992]]: ''[[Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992]]''
*[[1992]]: ''[[Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992]]''
**[Recollection; untitled]
**[Recollection; untitled]
===Filmography===
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*[[2008]]: ''A Wizard's Apprentice 1/4: Meeting Tolkien and C.S. Lewis'' (interview with Joseph Power)
[[Category:Religious workers|Power, Norman]]
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[[CATEGORY:People|Power, Norman]]
[[Category:People by name|Power, Norman]]

Revision as of 12:56, 29 May 2014

This article is about the Power, with the forenames Norman Sandiford, an acquaintance of J.R.R. Tolkien. For the Power, with the forename Joseph, who encountered J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1950s, see Joseph Power.

Canon[note 1] Norman Sandiford Power (b. 1916) received his B.A. at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1938. He went on to be associated with the parish of Ladywood in Birmingham.[1]

Power attended J.R.R. Tolkien's invitational speech at the Lovelace Society in 1938.[2]

By the end of the life of Tolkien, they renewed their contact (at least one letter is recorded, see Letter to Norman Power[3]):

"How strange that I had no further contact with Tolkien until the nineteen-seventies when I had already been Vicar of Ladywood for over twenty years. Tolkien began to write to me about his old homes, and then, with amazing kindness, about my own scribbling."
― Norman Power, Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992

Bibliography, selected

Books

Articles

Notes

  1. ↑ Canon = "one of several priests on the permanent staff of a cathedral" (Collins English Dictionary)

References

  1. ↑ Brother Joseph Power's experiences of Tolkien at Lotrplaza.com (retrieved July 31, 2010)
  2. ↑ Power, Norman, "[Recollection; untitled]" in Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992
  3. ↑ Hammond, Wayne G. and Scull, Christina, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology, p.773)
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