J. R. R. Tolkien: An Amazing Life's Work

In 1915, Tolkien joined the British Army in WWI. Here he is pictured in his uniform in 1916.

John Ronald Reuel TolkienBorn 3 January, 1892Died 2 September, 1973

This video is part one of six videos about J. R. R. Tolkien's life and works.

Tolkien's writing was strongly influenced by Anglo- Saxon Literature, Germanic and Norse Mythologies, Finnish Mythology, the Bible, and Greek Mythology.

Tolkien was persuaded by a former student to publish The Hobbit, a book that Tolkien had written for his own children, in 1937. This led to his sequals The Lord of the Rings Trilogy becoming published in the early 1950's.

J. R. R. Tolkien: An Amazing Life's Work.