He wasn’t born in England
He was an orphan by the time he was 12
He was raised by a priest
He met the love of his life at an early age

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A trip to Switzerland inspired Frodo’s journey
He was at the Battle of the Somme
He and Chronicles of Narnia author C.S. Lewis were close friends

The Oxford pub The Inklings met at, which is still operational today.
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He once went to a party dressed as a polar bear, and sometimes paid shopkeepers in false teeth
He was an exceptionally bad driver
Some of the characters in Lord of the Rings were inspired by dolls
He considered language to be the most important part of Middle-earth
He trained as a World War II code breaker
He nearly refused to publish a German-language edition of The Hobbit
He didn't want the Beatles to star in a Lord of the Rings adaptation

The fellowship of the fringe.
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He may have had a personal grudge against The Beatles ...



