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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892. His early and barely memorable years were spent divided between the city and the country. His father, an English banker, was making efforts to establish a bank in the South Africa. His family moved from South Africa to a small English village because of the hot and dusty living conditions. Many of Tolkien's early memories of South Africa have influenced his later works.( JRR Tolkien encyclopedia of World. )
He left South Africa to go to England with his mother and his brother, Hilary. His father, Arthur, was supposed also to return to England within the next few months. However, Arthur Tolkien died of rheumatic fever while still in South Africa. This left the grieving family in relatively dire straights and on a very limited income. ( J.R.R. Tolkien uxl)
They soon moved to Birmingham, England, so that young Tolkien could attend King Edward VI school. His mother, Mabel, converted to Catholicism and the......

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