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J. R. R. Tolkien.
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) was an English writer and language scholar at Oxford, best known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
- Based in
- Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Lived
- 1892 – 1973
- Born in
- Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now South Africa)
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