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Priscilla Tolkien

Born

in Oxford, The United Kingdom

June 18, 1929

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Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien (born 18 June 1929) is the fourth and youngest child of J.R.R. Tolkien and his only daughter. Priscilla had long been hoped for, and was born to Tolkien and his wife in their house of 22 Northmoor Road in Oxford shortly before the couple moved into their new one at 20 Northmoor Road in 1930. During the silver anniversary party of the wedding of Tolkien couple, she was their only child who accompanied them. She took an active part in production of The Lord of the Rings by typing out some early chapters for her father at the age of fourteen.

She completed her B.A. degree in English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1951. The initial name of Frodo Baggins in the fourth draft of The Lord of the Rings was Bingo Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien (born 18 June 1929) is the fourth and youngest child of J.R.R. Tolkien and his only daughter. Priscilla had long been hoped for, and was born to Tolkien and his wife in their house of 22 Northmoor Road in Oxford shortly before the couple moved into their new one at 20 Northmoor Road in 1930. During the silver anniversary party of the wedding of Tolkien couple, she was their only child who accompanied them. She took an active part in production of The Lord of the Rings by typing out some early chapters for her father at the age of fourteen.

She completed her B.A. degree in English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1951. The initial name of Frodo Baggins in the fourth draft of The Lord of the Rings was Bingo Bolger-Baggins which was named after a family of toy bears owned by Priscilla. She accompanied her father to a two-week holiday in Italy from late July to mid-August 1955. After that, she started living in the further side of the Oxford city from her parents house but still saw them frequently and started working as a probation officer in the city. She was also a social worker.

Tolkien wrote his last letter to Priscilla in August, 1973. She is the honorary vice-president of the Tolkien Society. She wrote an article titled My Father the Artist in December, 1976 for Amon Hen, the bulletin of the Tolkien Society. After her eldest brother John returned to Oxford in 1987, the siblings began identifying and cataloging the large collection of family photographs. In 1992, she and John published the book The Tolkien Family Album containing pictures of the Tolkien family to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of their father. The same year she unveiled a plaque at the Anglical Cathedral of St. Andrew and St. Michael commemorating the centenary birth anniversary celebrations of her father at his birthplace of Bloemfontein, South Africa. She launched the special Tolkien edition Royal Mail stamps commemorating her father's works in February 2004. In 2012, she along with a coalition of British publishers sued Warner Brothers in her capacity of a trustee of Tolkien Trust for 80 million USD accusing them of exploiting Middle-earth characters to promote online gambling. ...more

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Priscilla Tolkien’s books

Average rating: 4.14 · 185 ratings · 26 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (Contributor), Michael Tolkien (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 1,108,966 ratings — published 1954 — 884 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Tales Never End: Essays in memory of Christopher Tolkien by Richard Ovenden (Editor), Catherine McIlwaine (Editor), Maxime H. Pascal (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tolkien Family Album by John Francis R. Tolkien, Priscilla Tolkien 4.13 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Saga of Hrolf Kraki by Anonymous, Stella M. Mills (Translator), E.V. Gordon (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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