He did not receive any salary for his works, but his books have sold millions of copies and have been adapted into films, making him one of the most successful authors of all time.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $500 Million (2024)
About
English author, poet, and professor who wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He was ranked by The Times, a London newspaper, as one of the 50 greatest English authors since 1945 and he is widely considered to be the father of the modern fantasy genre.
Before Fame
He began reading when he was just four years old and, in 1915, he graduated from Exeter College, Oxford, with honors. He subsequently served in the British Army during World War I and later accepted a professorship in Anglo-Saxon literature at Pembroke College, Oxford.
Trivia
He cited Old English stories, including Beowulf, as inspiration for the legends of Middle-earth. He also served as a codebreaker during World War II.
Family Life
He and his younger brother were born in South Africa to Mabel Suffield Tolkien and English banker Arthur Reuel Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien married Christopher, Michael, and John, and a daughter, Priscilla.
Associated With
He was close friends with the author C.S. Lewis; they were both members of a literary group called the Inklings.
