2 Quotes & Sayings By Jrr Tolkein
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, to Arthur Tolkien (1857–1941), a bank manager, and his wife Mabel, née Suffield (1873–1947). Arthur's work for the Bank of England involved a prolonged period of travel and he was transferred between branches in the colony and eventually settled in Bloemfontein. Tolkien's parents were devout English Anglicans, and his upbringing was English middle-class
He attended King's College London, a college of the University of London, where he took a degree in English Language and Literature after graduating from its predecessor institution, University College School. He continued there as a student until 1915, when he entered the British Army during World War I. In 1931 he was given a honorary doctorate by his old university.