J.R.R. Tolkien Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1972, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Attended Exeter College, Oxford, where he studied English
• Before becoming an author, he got a job helping complete the Oxford English Dictionary
• Is best known as the author of "The Lord of the Rings․"
• As a teenager, he would construct his own languages
• Taught English and literature at the University of Oxford
• Served as a signals officer in the British Army during World War I