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The Tolkien family is an English family of German descent whose best-known member is J. R. R. Tolkien, ... She married Christopher Tolkien on 18 September 1967. She ...
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English and naturalised French academic editor and writer. The son of the author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher edited 24 volumes based on his father's posthumously published work, including The Silmarillion and the 12-volume series The History of Middle-Earth, a task that took 45 years.
The various holdings of the Tolkien family, including the estate, have been organized under The Tolkien Company, the directors of which were Christopher Tolkien until August 2017 and his wife Baillie Tolkien, and J. R. R. Tolkien's grandson Michael George Tolkien.
Christopher Tolkien, the son of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien who helped to expand understanding of the mythical world of Middle-earth, has died. He passed in Provence, France at age 95 ...
The Tolkien family originated in the East Prussian town of Kreuzburg near Königsberg, which had been founded during the medieval German eastward expansion, where his earliest-known paternal ancestor, Michel Tolkien, was born around 1620. [4] Michel's son Christianus Tolkien (1663–1746) was a wealthy miller in Kreuzburg. [4]
Simon Tolkien disagreed with the policy of his grandfather's estate in regard to The Lord of the Rings films.When Christopher Tolkien issued a statement that the "Tolkien estate would be best advised to avoid any specific association with the films", [14] Simon Tolkien broke ranks, offering to cooperate with the filmmakers, stating, "It was my view that we take a much more positive line on the ...
Christopher Tolkien, who played a major role protecting the legacy of his father's “The Lord of the Rings” series, has died. Christopher Tolkien, editor and heir to 'Lord of the Rings,' dies at 95
The Late Christopher Lee Once Met Tolkien at an Oxford Pub. Forty-two years ago today on September 2, 1973, the world lost literary great J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the famed "Lord of the Rings ...