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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[January | * '''[[1 January|1]]''' – [[E.V. Gordon]] replaces [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in the Chair of English Language at the University of Leeds. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[April 29|29]]''' - [[Leonard Fenton]], who would voice [[Thranduil|the Elvenking]] in the radio play of ''[[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|The Hobbit]]'' and [[Daddy Twofoot]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | * '''[[April 29|29]]''' - [[Leonard Fenton]], who would voice [[Thranduil|the Elvenking]] in the radio play of ''[[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|The Hobbit]]'' and [[Daddy Twofoot]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 7 June 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1926.
January
- 1 – E.V. Gordon replaces J.R.R. Tolkien in the Chair of English Language at the University of Leeds.
April
- 29 - Leonard Fenton, who would voice the Elvenking in the radio play of The Hobbit and Daddy Twofoot in The Lord of the Rings, is born.
May
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien meets C.S. Lewis, who will have a lasting impact on his works.
September
- 7 - Don Messick, who would voice Balin and the Lord of the Eagles in The Hobbit (1977 film), is born.
December
- 26 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
?
- ? - The Coalbiters is formed, a faculty club who read Old Norse.
- ? - Rayner Unwin is born.
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