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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]]}} | {{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''' (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> | 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> | 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 [[Norman Power | 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]]''}} | {{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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Revision as of 12:56, 29 May 2014
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
- 1977: Amon Hen 28 (August 1977)
- [Recollection; untitled?] (also published in Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992)
- 1992: Mythlore 69
- [Untitled tribute, p.34, in] "Tributes to J.R.R. Tolkien"
- 1992: Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992
- [Recollection; untitled]
Notes
- ↑ Canon = "one of several priests on the permanent staff of a cathedral" (Collins English Dictionary)
References
- ↑ Brother Joseph Power's experiences of Tolkien at Lotrplaza.com (retrieved July 31, 2010)
- ↑ Power, Norman, "[Recollection; untitled]" in Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992
- ↑ Hammond, Wayne G. and Scull, Christina, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology, p.773)
