J.R.R._Tolkien_in_the_1940s.jpg


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English: Photograph of J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1920s on leaving Leeds University
Date Between 1925 and early 1926. On public display shortly after creation. First known print publication 8 October 1937 in The Catholic Herald .
Source Epistle of Dude, Photos from the lives of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien , probably originally sourced from John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War .
Author Unknown photo studio commissioned by Tolkien's students 1925/6 (private communication from Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien Archivist, Bodleian Library)

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Author J.R.R. Tolkien (in the 1920s)

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