John Tolkien
John Francis Reuel Tolkien (November 16, 1917 - January 22, 2003) was J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien's first son. He took his second name after his father's guardian, Father Francis Xavier Morgan.[1]
John often had difficulty falling asleep and his father would come on his bed and tell tales. These stories included the tale of Carrots, a boy with red hair who climbed into a cuckoo clock and went off on a series of strange adventures (this was the premise for the character of Tom Bombadil[source?]), and also a tale called "The Orgog".[2]
In 13 February 1944 John Tolkien was made Exorcist and Acolyte (the two highest of the Minor Orders of the Roman Catholic Church) in a ceremony at Stonyhurst. He was given his Orders as a priest in 1946.
In September 1973, Father John Tolkien celebrated a Requiem Mass for his father at the Church of St. Anthony of Padua, in Oxford.
Father John Tolkien's grave is also in the same cemetery, not far from that of his parents.
Quotes
The Tolkien family is under perpetual abuse of one kind or another. It goes on all the time.I am anticipating endless bother when the film actually comes out. to the Daily Telegraph in 2001.
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Family Tree
Edith Bratt | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Tolkien | Michael Tolkien | Faith Faulconbridge | Christopher Tolkien | Baillie Tolkien | Priscilla Tolkien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon Tolkien | Adam Tolkien | Rachel Tolkien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 125