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'''John Benjamin Tolkien''' ([[June]] [[1752]] - [[27 January]] [[1819]]) was [[George Tolkien]]'s father. He was born in Gdańsk in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and he emmigrated to the United Kingdom after 1770. His wife and George William's mother was [[Mary Wall]] ([[1746]] - [[16 March]] [[1837]]).<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Ryszard Derdzinski]]|articleurl=http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/2017/05/john-benjamin-tolkien-1753-1819-summary.html|articlename=John Benjamin Tolkien (1752-1819): a summary|dated=20 May 2017|website=[http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/ tolkniety.blogspot.com]|accessed=22 November 2017}}</ref>
'''John Benjamin Tolkien''' ([[June]] [[1752]] - [[27 January]] [[1819]]) was [[George Tolkien]]'s father. He was born in Gdańsk in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and he emigrated to the United Kingdom after 1770. His wife and George's mother was [[Mary Wall]] ([[1746]] - [[16 March]] [[1837]]).<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Ryszard Derdzinski]]|articleurl=http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/2017/05/john-benjamin-tolkien-1753-1819-summary.html|articlename=John Benjamin Tolkien (1752-1819): a summary|dated=20 May 2017|website=[http://tolkniety.blogspot.com/ tolkniety.blogspot.com]|accessed=22 November 2017}}</ref>


[[File:Bunhill Fields, London 26.JPG|thumb|180px|J.B. Tolkien's grave]]
[[File:Bunhill Fields, London 26.JPG|thumb|180px|J.B. Tolkien's grave]]

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John Benjamin Tolkien (June 1752 - 27 January 1819) was George Tolkien's father. He was born in Gdańsk in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and he emigrated to the United Kingdom after 1770. His wife and George's mother was Mary Wall (1746 - 16 March 1837).[1]

J.B. Tolkien's grave

John Benjamin Tolkien and his wife Mary are buried in the same grave with William Shrubsole, an English musician and composer of the hymn-tune "Miles Lane".

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