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==April==
==April==
* '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 12]].
* '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 12]].
* '''[[15 April|15]]''' - Charles Furth writes [[Letter to Charles Furth (25 April 1937)|a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien]].
* '''[[15 April|15]]''' - Charles Furth writes [[Letter to Charles Furth (25 April 1937)|a letter to J.R.R.Tolkien]].
* '''[[20 April|20]]''' - [[George Takei]], who travelled the world as narrator of [[Johan de Meij]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings"]]'', is born.
* '''[[20 April|20]]''' - [[George Takei]], who travelled the world as narrator of [[Johan de Meij]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings"]]'', is born.
* '''[[25 April|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Charles Furth (25 April 1937)|a letter to Charles Furth]].
* '''[[25 April|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Charles Furth (25 April 1937)|a letter to Charles Furth]].
==May==
==May==
* '''[[13 May|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 13]].
* '''[[13 May|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 13]].
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* '''[[21 September|21]]''' - '''''[[The Hobbit]]'' is published.'''
* '''[[21 September|21]]''' - '''''[[The Hobbit]]'' is published.'''
* '''[[21 September|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Simonne d'Ardenne (21 September 1937)|a letter to Simonne d'Ardenne]].
* '''[[21 September|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Simonne d'Ardenne (21 September 1937)|a letter to Simonne d'Ardenne]].
* '''[[21 September|21]]''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] signs copies of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and sends them to [[E.V. Gordon]], [[Elaine Griffiths]], Helen Buckhurst, [[Stella Mills]], [[Hilary Tolkien]], [[C.S. Lewis]] and [[Katherine Kilbride]].
* '''[[22 September|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Jane Neave (22 September 1937)|a letter to Jane Neave]].
* '''[[22 September|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Jane Neave (22 September 1937)|a letter to Jane Neave]].
* '''[[28 September|28]]''' - [[Donald Gee]], who would voice [[Radagast]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]], is born.
* '''[[28 September|28]]''' - [[Donald Gee]], who would voice [[Radagast]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]], is born.
==October==
==October==
* '''[[2 October|2]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] publishes [[A World for Children|a review]] of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times Literary Supplement''.
* '''[[2 October|2]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] publishes [[A World for Children|a review]] of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times Literary Supplement''.
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* '''[[23 October|23]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 18]].
* '''[[23 October|23]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 18]].
==November==
==November==
* '''[[28 November|28]]''' - G.E. Selby writes [[Letter to G.E. Selby (14 December 1937)|a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien]].
* '''[[15 November|15]]''' - Tolkien submits to [[Allen & Unwin]] a bundle of manuscripts including ''[[The Lay of Leithian]]'' ("Long Poem"); ''[[Quenta Silmarillion (Lost Road)|Quenta Silmarillion]]'', ''[[Ainulindalë (Lost Road)|Ainulindalë]]'', ''[[Ambarkanta]]'',  and ''[[The Fall of Númenor]]'' ("The Gnomes Material"); [[The Lost Road]]; and ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]'' and ''[[Mr. Bliss]]''. They also discuss ''[[Beowulf and the Finnsburg Fragment|Beowulf]]''.
* '''[[28 November|28]]''' - G.E. Selby writes [[Letter to G.E. Selby (14 December 1937)|a letter to J.R.R.Tolkien]].  
* '''[[29 November|29]]''' - [[Jared Lobdell]] is born.
 
==December==
==December==
* '''[[13 December|13]]''' - [[Wikipedia:Arthur Ransome|Arthur Ransome]] writes [[Letter to Arthur Ransome|a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien]].
* '''[[13 December|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Arthur Ransome|a letter to Arthur Ransome]].
* '''[[14 December|14]]-[[15 December|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to G.E. Selby (14 December 1937)|a letter to G.E. Selby]].
* '''[[14 December|14]]-[[15 December|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to G.E. Selby (14 December 1937)|a letter to G.E. Selby]].
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Arthur Ransome|a letter to Arthur Ransome]].
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Arthur Ransome|a letter to Arthur Ransome]].
* '''[[16 December|16]]-[[19 December|19]]''' - Tolkien starts writing the first chapter of the "New Hobbit", which will later become ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* '''[[16 December|16]]-[[19 December|19]]''' - Tolkien starts writing the first chapter of the "New Hobbit", which will later become ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* '''[[16 December|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 19]].
* '''[[16 December|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 19]].
* '''[[17 December|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Charles Furth (19 December 1937)|a letter to Charles Furth]].
* '''[[17 December|17]]''' - Charles Furth writes [[Letter to Charles Furth (19 December 1937)|a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien]].
* '''[[19 December|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 20|a letter to Charles Furth (Letter 20)]].
* '''[[19 December|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 20|a letter to Charles Furth (Letter 20)]].
* '''[[25 December|25]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children.
* '''[[25 December|25]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children.

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1937.

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