J. R. R. Tolkien
He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.
Chip Duncan
"Tolkien & Lewis - Myth, Imagination and the Quest for Meaning" (released nationwide in the US on public television during September, 2017 by American Public Television (APT). The one hour documentary about the spiritual journey of author C.S. Lewis and his friendship with fellow Inkling and acclaimed author J.R.R. Tolkien was written & directed by Chip Duncan. The producers are Chip Duncan, Robert Huck, Patricia Ostermick and David Crouse. Iowa Public Television (IPTV) is the presenting station to the PBS system. The film includes scholars Christopher Mitchell, Reza Aslan, Tom Shippey and Verlyn Flieger among others.