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1894

From Tolkien Gateway

Contents 1 February 2 October 3 November 4 Christmas

[edit] February

• 17 - Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, younger brother to J.R.R. Tolkien, is born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

[edit] October

• 18 - Geoffrey Bache Smith, childhood friend of Tolkien, is born.

[edit] November

• Mabel, Hilary, and Ronald take a train to the coast near Cape Town so Ronald can be in the cooler air.
• After they return home a trip to England is decided as Mabel dislikes the hot climate and the Bloemfontein lifestyle, even though Arthur is happy with it.

[edit] Christmas

• "My first Christmas memory is of blazing sun, drawn curtains and a drooping eucalyptus" (Tolkien, letter to W.H. Auden, 7 June 1955, Letters, pg. 213)

Years 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898