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'''John Benjamin Tolkien''' ([[1752]] - [[27 January]] [[1819]]) was [[George | '''John Benjamin Tolkien''' ([[June]] [[1752]] - [[27 January]] [[1819]]) was [[George Tolkien]]'s father. He was born in Gdańsk (Danzig) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and he emigrated to the United Kingdom after 1770. His wife and George's mother was [[Mary Wall]] ([[1746]] - [[16 March]] [[1837]]).<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Ryszard Derdzinski]]|articleurl=http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/2017/05/john-benjamin-tolkien-1753-1819-summary.html|articlename=John Benjamin Tolkien (1752-1819): a summary|dated=20 May 2017|website=[http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/ tolkniety.blogspot.com]|accessed=22 November 2017}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Bunhill Fields, London 26.JPG|thumb|180px|J.B. Tolkien's grave]] | |||
John Benjamin Tolkien and his wife Mary are buried in the same grave with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shrubsole William Shrubsole], an English musician and composer of the hymn-tune [http://www.hymnary.org/tune/miles_lane_shrubsole "Miles Lane"]. | |||
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60908895 John Benjamin Tolkien tumul] | *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60908895 John Benjamin Tolkien tumul] | ||
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Revision as of 10:05, 19 May 2020
John Benjamin Tolkien (June 1752 - 27 January 1819) was George Tolkien's father. He was born in Gdańsk (Danzig) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and he emigrated to the United Kingdom after 1770. His wife and George's mother was Mary Wall (1746 - 16 March 1837).[1]
John Benjamin Tolkien and his wife Mary are buried in the same grave with William Shrubsole, an English musician and composer of the hymn-tune "Miles Lane".
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References
- ↑ Ryszard Derdzinski, "John Benjamin Tolkien (1752-1819): a summary" dated 20 May 2017, tolkniety.blogspot.com (accessed 22 November 2017)