


After Arthur died from complications of rheumatic fever, Mabel settled with four-year-old Tolkien and his younger brother, Hilary, in the country hamlet of Sarehole, in Birmingham, England. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on January 3, 1892, to Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield Tolkien. The works have had a devoted international fan base and been adapted into award-winning blockbuster films. While teaching at Oxford University, he published the popular fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tolkien settled in England as a child, going on to study at Exeter College. Tolkien was an English fantasy author and academic.
