1948

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1948.

January

• 7 - Jarion Monroe, who would voice the King of the Dead in EA's The Return of the King, is born.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes to Rosemary
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 113.

February

• 2 - Nils-Lennart Johannesson is born.

March

• 1 - Actor Steven M. Kramer is born.

April

• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 114.

June

• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 115.

August

• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 116.
• 20 - John Noble, who would play Denethor in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.

September

• 8 - Artist Michael Hague is born.
• 14 - Around that date Tolkien completes the drafts of the final parts of The Lord of the Rings at the home of his son, Michael.
• ? - Tolkien visits Cambridge to view the Ancrene Wisse manuscript.

October

• 14 - Narrator Gerard Murphy is born.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 117.
• ? - Katharine Farrer sends a letter to Tolkien expressing her opinions about the Ainulindalë.

November

• 24 - Artist John Alvin is born.

?

• ? - Dick Plotz is born.
• ? - Studia Neophilologica Vol. 20, Nos. 1-2, containing an essay by J.R.R. Tolkien and S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne, is published.

Years 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951