THE DATE BEHIND THE NAME
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein and died on September 2, 1973, aged 81.
Born
January 3, 1892
J. R. R. Tolkien died aged 81.
Died: September 2, 1973
Source:
Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05.
- Birthplace
- Bloemfontein
- Professions
- teacher, philologist, author, novelist, historian, university teacher, translator, poet, children's writer, prose writer, illustrator, essayist, military officer, literary historian, writer, librettist, literary critic, linguist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
More about J. R. R. Tolkien
- Zodiac sign
- Capricorn
- Pseudonyms
- Oxymore
Family
- Spouse
- Edith Tolkien
- Child
- Christopher Tolkien
Official links & social profiles
All birth date sources
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- BD Gest'
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Babelio
- Munzinger Personen
- RKDartists
- The Peerage
- ProDetLit
- GeneaStar
- Tolkiens Reise nach Mittelerde
- Find a Grave
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
- Integrated Authority File
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- SNAC
- Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
- The Fine Art Archive Db
- Encyclopædia Universalis
- BnF authorities
- Roglo
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05. View Wikidata record
Quick answers
When was J. R. R. Tolkien born?
J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein and died on September 2, 1973, aged 81.
How old was J. R. R. Tolkien when they died?
J. R. R. Tolkien died aged 81.