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* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes the poem ''[[Goblin Feet]]''. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes the poem ''[[Goblin Feet]]''. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[10 June|10]]''' - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of [[Great War|the war]], only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes. | * '''[[10 June|10]]''' - Exams start at [[Oxford University]]. Because of [[Great War|the war]], only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes. | ||
* '''[[28 June|28]]''' - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army. | * '''[[28 June|28]]''' - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army. | ||
* '''[[28 June|28]]''' - [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]], scholar and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born. | * '''[[28 June|28]]''' - [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]], scholar and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born. |
Revision as of 13:31, 10 December 2020
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1915.
February
- 13 - Mary Jane Stow dies.
March
- ? - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language".
April
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the poem Goblin Feet.
June
- 10 - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
- 28 - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
- 28 - Przemyslaw Mroczkowski, scholar and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- ? - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.
July
- 15 - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford.
September
October
- 4 - Translator Tore Zetterholm is born.
November
December
- ? - Tolkien might have written the poem Habbanan beneath the Stars.
?
- ? - The poem "Goblin Feet" is published in Oxford Poetry 1915.
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