What is J. R. R. Tolkien?
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox writer |name = J. R. R. Tolkien |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRSL}} |image = Tolkien-color.png |caption = Colourised version of a photograph of J. R. R. Tolkien taken around 1925 |birth_name = John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1892|1|3}} |birth_place = [[Bloemfontein]], [[Orange Free State]] (modern-day South Africa) |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1973|9|2|1892|1|3}} |death_place = [[Bournemouth]], England |occupation = Author, [[academia|academic]], [[philology|philologist]], poet |nationality = British |alma_mater = [[Exeter College, Oxford]] |genre = [[Fantasy]], [[high fantasy]], [[translation]], [[literary criticism]] |notableworks = {{Plainlist}} * ''[[The Hobbit]]'' * ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' * ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' * ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' {{Endplainlist}} |spouse = {{marriage|[[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]]|22 March 1916|29 November 1971|end={{abbr|d.|died}}}} |children = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap}} * [[John Francis Reuel Tolkien|John Francis]] (1917–2003) * [[Tolkien family#Michael Hilary R. Tolkien|Michael Hilary]] (1920–1984) * [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher John]] (1924–2020) * [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla Anne]] ({{abbr|b.|born}} 1929) {{Endplainlist}} |signature = | module = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes | allegiance = {{GBR}} |branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British Army (1938-present).png}} [[British Army]] |serviceyears = 1915–1920 |rank = [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] |unit = [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] |commands = |battles = [[First World War]] * [[Battle of the Somme]] ** [[Capture of Schwaben Redoubt]] ** [[Leipzig Salient|Actions at Leipzig Salient]] ** [[Regina Trench|Actions at Regina Trench]] {{WIA}} |awards = }} |imagesize = | }} '''John Ronald Reuel Tolkien''' (3 Janu