My hero, J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R.Tolkien is my hero because I read a book that he wrote. He wrote a book called the Hobbit. The Hobbit my my favourite book. The Hobbit is about a dragon called Smaug, who flies and takes over Thorin's land. There is only one person, says the magical story, that can slay the dragon. That person is the Hobbit. His name is Bilbo Baggins.

Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa but his parents were both from England. He fought in World War I, and after the war he found a job helping to produce the Oxford English Dictionary. Tolkien was very interested in languages, and he had studied at Oxford University. Soon he became a professor of English Language at the University of Leeds. He was then a professor at the University of Oxford until 1959, when he retired. He also was good friends with many other writers and scholars, most notably C. S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia books, The Screwtape Letters, and many essays on Christian theology. Tolkien himself was a devout Catholic.

Tolkien married Edith Mary Bratt on March 22, 1916 in England at the age of 24 They had four children, three sons and a girl: John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla.

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