What is Christopher Tolkien?
{{Infobox writer | name = Christopher Tolkien | image = | birth_name = Christopher John Reuel Tolkien | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|11|21}} | birth_place = [[Leeds]], England, UK | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|01|15|1924|11|21}} | death_place = [[Draguignan]], [[Var (department)|Var]], France | occupation = {{Nowrap|Editor, illustrator, academic}} | genre = [[Fantasy literature|Fantasy]] | alma_mater = {{Nowrap|[[Trinity College, Oxford]] (B.A., B.Litt.)}} | spouse = Faith Faulconbridge<br />[[Baillie Tolkien|Baillie Klass]] | children = 3, including [[Simon Tolkien]] | relatives = [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] (father)<br />[[Edith Tolkien]] (mother)<br />[[Tolkien family]] | awards = [[Bodley Medal]] (2016) }} '''Christopher John Reuel Tolkien''' (21 November 1924 &ndash; 16 January 2020) was an English editor, essayist and educator. He was the third son of the author [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] (1892–1973). He was the editor of much of his father's [[wikt:posthumous|posthumously]] published work. He drew the original maps for his father's ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', which he signed C.J.R.T. He was born in [[Leeds]], England. He published ''[[Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks|The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise]]''. Tolkien was a [[lecturer]] and [[tutor]] in English Language at [[New College, Oxford]], from 1964 to 1975.<ref name=RoutledgeEncyc>{{cite web|title=Tolkien, Christopher Reuel|url=http://cw.routledge.com/ref/tolkien/ctolkien.html|publisher=[[Routledge]]|access-date=16 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080758/http://cw.routledge.com/ref/tolkien/ctolkien.html|archive-date=7 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Tolkien died on 15 January 2020 in [[Draguignan]], [[Var (department)|Var]], France, at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite news |date= 16 January 2020 |title= 'First Middle-earth scholar' Christopher Tolkien dies |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-51143879 |work= BBC News |access-date= 17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.varmatin.com/cult