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1. I was born in South Africa on 3 January 1892


2. After the death of my father, Arthur, in 1896 I returned to England with my mother, Mabel, and brother


3. During my years at school I was a linguist, having mastered Greek and Latin along with Gothic and Finnish.  I also made up my own languages


4. I met my future wife, Edith, at the bording house where I lived.  I was 16, she was 19. We separated until I was 21 and finally got married in March 1916


5. At the start of WW1 I delayed my enlistment until I finished my degree at Oxford.  After I enlisted with the Lancashire Fusiliers and ended with the rank of lieutenant despite of suffering from recurring bouts of trench fever

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6. After the war I worked on the New English Dictionary. Also at this time had my first public reading of my own works at Exeter College which was well received


7. I had 3 sons and a daughter between 1917 and 1929



8. In 1925 I took up a professorship at Oxford University



9. In 1937 a tale about a hobbit, a creature that lived in a hole was published.



10. My most famous work, the Lord of the Rings, took 16 years to complete.

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