1949

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1949.

January

• 28 - The letter "Cardinal Mindszenty", co-signed by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published in The Times.

February

• 15 - Scholar Alexei Kondratiev is born.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 119.

March

• 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Turnbull.
• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 120.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien visits Hugh Brogan in Cambridge.

April

• 9 - Sorcha Cusack, who would play Goldberry in Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series), is born.

June

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Pauline Baynes.

July

• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 121.
• 14 - Tolkien author and screenwriter Brian Sibley is born.

September

• 6 - Author Robert Foster is born.

October

• 20 - Farmer Giles of Ham is published.
• ? - A fair, revised typescript of the finished The Lord of the Rings is made a copy.

November

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss How.

December

• 12 - Bill Nighy, who would play Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, is born.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 122.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 122a.

?

• ? - Christopher Tolkien gets his B.A. English at Trinity College, Oxford.
• Autumn - Tolkien is introduced to editor Milton Waldman.

Years 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952