Sir J. R. R. Tolkien

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Exeter_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-01-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bloemfontein,_Orange_Free_State
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:pneumonia
peptic ulcer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Christopher_John_Reuel_Tolkien
gptkb:John_Francis_Reuel_Tolkien
gptkb:Michael_Hilary_Reuel_Tolkien
gptkb:Priscilla_Mary_Anne_Reuel_Tolkien
gptkbp:deathDate 1973-09-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bournemouth,_England
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Pearl
gptkb:Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
gptkb:Sir_Orfeo
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:literature
mythology
philology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Ronald_Reuel_Tolkien
gptkbp:genre fantasy
high fantasy
mythopoeia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir J. R. R. Tolkien
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:C._S._Lewis
fantasy literature
modern fantasy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Morris
gptkb:Beowulf
gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_literature
gptkbp:knownFor creating Middle-earth
inventing constructed languages
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:The_Inklings
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Hobbit
gptkb:The_Lord_of_the_Rings
gptkb:The_Silmarillion
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:linguist
gptkb:professor
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:parent Arthur Reuel Tolkien
Mabel Suffield Tolkien
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Wolvercote_Cemetery,_Oxford
gptkbp:signature JRR_Tolkien_Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Edith_Bratt
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Tolkien:_Maker_of_Middle-earth_(exhibition)
biographies
documentaries
films
gptkbp:title gptkb:Merton_Professor_of_English_Language_and_Literature
gptkb:Rawlinson_and_Bosworth_Professor_of_Anglo-Saxon
Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Buckhurst_Hill,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6