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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (pronounced /etelkien/) (3 January 1892 - 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

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