{"id":52414,"date":"2012-01-03T18:33:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T23:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=52414"},"modified":"2012-01-03T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T02:05:08","slug":"happy-birthday-j-r-r-tolkien-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/01\/03\/52414-happy-birthday-j-r-r-tolkien-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 J.R.R. Tolkien<\/p>\n

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein,\u00a0S.A.<\/abbr>, on\u00a0January 3, 1892.\u00a0 He would eventually move to England, become an accomplished linguist and scholar, an Oxford professor and a beloved husband and father. While in his twenties, he began developing a series of stories that went on to become the rich, complex\u00a0history of a place called Middle-earth: a\u00a0world that\u00a0millions would eventually visit, both on the written page and on the big screen, and come to love. TheOneRing.net raises a glass to \u201cThe Professor!\u201d today, in honor of all the enjoyment and camaradarie his birth, and life, has lead to. Thank you, professor Tolkien!<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget, today is the annual Tolkien Society\u2019s Birthday Toast<\/strong> to Professor Tolkien. For complete details on the toast, jump on over to the Tolkien Society\u2019s website. [Tolkien Toast<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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