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Tolkien slept here
Dec. 18th, 2011 09:41 am"Another famous name attached to Stoneyhurst is Tolkien, who taught here. we could well imagine this countryside inspiring him.
Not everyone knows of Tolkien's South African connection. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein on January 3 1892. Young Tolkien suffered from a spider bite and some think this incident, or the Free State outdoors, stimulated his later interest in nature.
JRR's father died in Bloemfontein in 1896 and the family returned to England. JRR was taught by his mother, from whom his romanticism and naturalism emanated. This manifested itself in the "elvish" or "hobbity" line in his imaginations."
http://www.timeslive.co.za/travel/2011/12/18/a-walk-in-the-woods
Not everyone knows of Tolkien's South African connection. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein on January 3 1892. Young Tolkien suffered from a spider bite and some think this incident, or the Free State outdoors, stimulated his later interest in nature.
JRR's father died in Bloemfontein in 1896 and the family returned to England. JRR was taught by his mother, from whom his romanticism and naturalism emanated. This manifested itself in the "elvish" or "hobbity" line in his imaginations."
http://www.timeslive.co.za/travel/2011/12/18/a-walk-in-the-woods
