John Jethro Rashbold
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| John Jethro Rashbold | |
|---|---|
| Englishman | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Position | Undergraduate |
| Location | Oxford |
| Affiliation | The Notion Club |
| Language | English |
| Birth | 1965 |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
John Jethro Rashbold (born in 1965) was a member of the Notion Club.
History
John Jethro Rashbold was an undergraduate at Magdalen College in Oxford. He was a classical scholar and an apprentice poet. He was introduced to the Notion Club by Philip Frankley, to whom he was much attached.[1]
Inspiration
The name Rashbold is a play on J.R.R. Tolkien's own surname. It is a rough translation of Tolkien (from German Toll-kühn) which means "foolhardy".[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Two: The Notion Club Papers: Foreword and List of Members"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Two: The Notion Club Papers: Introduction"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 165, (undated, written June 1955)
