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* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] celebrates his 80th birthday. | * '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] celebrates his 80th birthday. | ||
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 332]]. | * '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 332]]. | ||
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Michael George Tolkien 30 January 1972|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]]. | |||
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - Actress [[Jennifer Hale]] is born. | * '''[[30 January|30]]''' - Actress [[Jennifer Hale]] is born. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''[[6 February|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society 6 February 1972|a letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society]]. | * '''[[6 February|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society 6 February 1972|a letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society]]. | ||
* '''[[9 February|9]]''' - Actor [[Crispin Freeman]] is born. | * '''[[9 February|9]]''' - Actor [[Crispin Freeman]] is born. | ||
* '''[[26 February|26]]''' - Actor [[Keith Ferguson]] is born. | * '''[[26 February|26]]''' - Actor [[Keith Ferguson]] is born. | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[16 March|16]]''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 333]]. | * '''[[16 March|16]]''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 333]]. | ||
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* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Actor [[Felix Felton]] dies. | * '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Actor [[Felix Felton]] dies. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Master of Middle-earth|Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' is published. | * '''?''' - ''[[Master of Middle-earth|Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' is published. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[9 November|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 342]]. | * '''[[9 November|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 342]]. | ||
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* '''[[13 December|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 346]]. | * '''[[13 December|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 346]]. | ||
* '''[[17 December|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 347]]. | * '''[[17 December|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 347]]. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] returns to [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and rooms at Merton College. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] returns to [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and rooms at Merton College. |
Revision as of 23:46, 30 December 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1972.
January
- 2 - In honour of his 80th birthday the following day, The Sunday Times Magazine runs an interview of William Cater with J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Lord of the Legends".
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien celebrates his 80th birthday.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 332.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien.
- 30 - Actress Jennifer Hale is born.
February
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society.
- 9 - Actor Crispin Freeman is born.
- 26 - Actor Keith Ferguson is born.
March
- 16 - Tolkien writes letter 333.
- 27 - Rayner Unwin organizes a party in celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien's CBE the following day.
- 28 - At Buckingham Palace, J.R.R. Tolkien is appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 334.
May
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 335.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 336.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 337.
June
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 338.
- 30 - Mythcon III begins.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 339.
July
- 4 - Mythcon III ends.
- 4 - Letter 339 is published in the Daily Telegraph.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 340.
August
- 7 - Actor Karl Urban is born.
September
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 341.
October
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin.
- 21 - Actor Felix Felton dies.
- ? - Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien is published.
November
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 342.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 343.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 344.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 345.
December
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 346.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 347.
?
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien returns to Oxford and rooms at Merton College.
- ? - Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from Oxford University.
- ? - The Swedish Tolkien Society Forodrim is founded.
- ? - Scholar Anne C. Petty presents her Ph.D. thesis The Creative Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse.
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