Kenneth Swope is professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi. He received his undergraduate degree from the College of Wooster (OH) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Mic…
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Ox…