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'''Vera Chapman''' (1898-1996), also known as Vera Ivy May Fogerty or, in The Tolkien Society, as Belladonna Took. She founded [[The Tolkien Society]], and also wrote a number of psudeo-historical and Arthurian books.
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__NOTOC__'''Vera Ivy May Chapman (née Fogerty)''' ([[8 May]], [[1898]]- [[14 May]], [[1996]], aged 98) was the founder of [[The Tolkien Society]], known by her pseudonym "Belladonna Took". She is also the author of various pseudo-historical and Arthurian books.


She was born in Bournemouth, England on the [[May 8]], [[1898]] and lived in South Africa until she went to Oxford where she was one of the first woman to matriculate as a full member of Oxford University. She founded the first Tolkien Society of which she was secretary. She persuaded J.R.R Tolkien to become the society's honorary president. She wrote her first novel in 1975 and continued writing until her death in [[1996]].
She was born in [[Bournemouth]] and lived in [[South Africa]], until she went to [[Oxford]]. She studied at Lady Margaret Hall, [[University of Oxford]]. She founded [[The Tolkien Society]] of which she was secretary, and persuaded [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to become the Society's honorary president. She wrote her first novel in [[1975]] and continued writing until her death in [[1996]].


== External Links==
==Bibliography==
===Articles===
* [[1973]]: [[Mallorn 6|''Mallorn '' 6]]
** "Belladonna Goes to a Party"
* [[1982]]: [[Amon Hen 54|''Amon Hen'' 54]]
** " [[Shelob]] in North London"
** "Beowulf"
* [[1982]]: [[Amon Hen 58|''Amon Hen'' 58]]
** "Yuletide Presents"
* [[1983]]: [[Amon Hen 63|''Amon Hen'' 63]]
** "Valhalla Revamped"
* [[1989]]: [[Amon Hen 100|''Amon Hen'' 100]]
** "Amon Hen, A History" (with [[Brin Dunsire]])
** "Leaves from the Party Tree"
** "Books of My Childhood"
*[[1992]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
** "Reminiscences: Oxford in 1920, Meeting Tolkien and Becoming an Author at 77"
*[[2002]]: [[The Best of Amon Hen|''The Best of Amon Hen'' Part 2]]
**"Leaves from the Party Tree"
 
==See also==
*[[Letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society]] (letter from Tolkien)
 
==External links==
* [http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ts_info/folk/vera-chapman.html Tolkien Society]
* [http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ts_info/folk/vera-chapman.html Tolkien Society]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/vera-chapman/ Fantastic Fiction]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Chapman Wikipedia profile]
* [http://www.pollingerltd.com/estates/vera_chapman.htm Literary agent]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/vera-chapman/ List of works at Fantastic Fiction]
* [http://www.druidry.org/library/vera-chapman Vera Chapman]
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Vera Chapman
Biographical information
Born8 May, 1898
Died14 May, 1996
OccupationAuthor
LocationUnited Kingdom
Websitewww.tokiensociety.org

Vera Ivy May Chapman (née Fogerty) (8 May, 1898- 14 May, 1996, aged 98) was the founder of The Tolkien Society, known by her pseudonym "Belladonna Took". She is also the author of various pseudo-historical and Arthurian books.

She was born in Bournemouth and lived in South Africa, until she went to Oxford. She studied at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. She founded The Tolkien Society of which she was secretary, and persuaded J.R.R. Tolkien to become the Society's honorary president. She wrote her first novel in 1975 and continued writing until her death in 1996.

Bibliography

Articles

See also

External links

Vera Chapman
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Position created		Acting Chairman of The Tolkien Society
29 January 1970 - 20 November 1970		Followed by:
Keith Bridges


The Tolkien Society
President: J.R.R. Tolkien · Vice-president: Priscilla Tolkien · Chair: Shaun Gunner
Topics History (Letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society) · Archives · Awards · Enyalië · Smials · Tolkien to the World · Tolkien fandom
Chairs Vera Chapman (1970) · Keith Bridges (1970-1973) · Hartley Patterson (1973-1974) · Jonathan Simons (1974-1984) · Brin Dunsire (1984-1988) · Alex Lewis (1988-1992) · Amanda Fingleson (1992-1996) · Chris Crawshaw (1996-2008) · Matthew Vernon (2008-2009) · Sally Kennett (2009-2013) · Shaun Gunner (2013-present)
Annual Events Birthday Toast (3 January) · Tolkien Reading Day (25 March) · AGM and Springmoot (April) · Seminar (July) · Oxonmoot (September)
Conferences Oxonmoot (annual, 1974-present) · J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1992) · Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On (2005) · The Return of the Ring (2012) · Tolkien 2019 (2019)
Publications Journals Belladonna's Broadsheet (1969-1970) · Mallorn (1970-present) · The Tolkien Society Bulletin (1970-1971) · Andúril (1972) · Amon Hen (1972-present) · Quettar (1980-1995)
Books An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion (1975) · The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings (1977) · Tolkien in Oxford: The Tolkien Society Guide (1978) · The Tolkien Society Songbook (1985) · Tolkien and Romanticism (1988) · Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1995) · The Oxonmoot Songbook (1997) · The Filking Songbook (2001) · The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford (2005) · Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference (2008) · Tolkien 2005 Souvenir Book (2009) · Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012 (2016)
Peter Roe Books 1. Some Light on Middle-earth (1985) · 2. Leaves from the Tree (1991) · 3. The First and Second Ages (1992) · 4. Travel and Communication in Tolkien's Worlds (1996) · 5. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 1 (1997) · 6. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 2 (1998) · 7. Tolkien, the Sea and Scandinavia (1999) · 8. The Ways of Creative Mythologies (2000) · 9. Tolkien: A Mythology for England? (2000) · 10. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 1 (2000) · 11. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 3 (2001) · 12. Sindarin Lexicon (2001) · 13. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 2 (2002) · 14. Tolkien: Influenced and Influencing (2005)· 15. Freedom, Fate and Choice in Middle-earth (2012) · 16. Journeys & Destinations (2015) · 17. Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017) · 18. Poetry and Song in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (2018) · 19. Tolkien the Pagan? (2019) · 20. Adapting Tolkien (2021) · 21. Twenty-first Century Receptions of Tolkien (2022) · 22. Tolkien and Diversity (2023)
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