Known for his wildly popular Lord of the Rings, John Ronald Ruel Tolkien better known as J.R.R Tolkien came from humble beginning and wasn’t always known for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tolkien has had many spectacular and memorable accomplishments throughout his lifetime that would reiterate for years to come. Born January 3rd, 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Tolkien settled near Birmingham, England in 1896 with his mother, Mabel Tolkien, and younger brother, Arthur Tolkien, at just 4 years old. Over the coming years, Tolkien began to take a keen interest in English Literature and would enjoy reading literary works and books such as The Völsunga Saga and Beowulf, that would later inspire his high fantasy drawings when he attended King Edward’s School and later Oxford Unversity on scholarships. Tolkien excelled at learning and studying languages such as as Finnish, Spanish, and Latin. He would then use his new-found knowledge to invent a language known as Naffrarin which would become the base language for a fictional world known as Middle Earth that Tolkien would fantasize about in his drawings. In the Summer of 1914, Tolkien and some of his close friends, Geoffrery, Robert, and Christopher would start the T.C.B.S or “Tea Club and Barrovian Society” and would go on to write several poems and epics over the next two years such as “Ths Horns of Ylmir”, “A Song of Aryador”, and “Kortirion Among The Trees”. As Tolkien and the Barrovian Society would continue to write poems and stories, tensions between Germany and England arose and the call for soldiers to join the war efforts was made in which several members of the T.C.B.S including Tolkien enlisted to join the English Infantry. Tolkien himself would be deployed to Northern France and would fight in some of the deadliest conflicts in human history including the Battle of the Somme and the Capture of Regina Trench which would leave Tolkien wounded in action. During his trip back to England, Tolkien would note the horrific scenery of France which he would reference as war-torn land of Mordor in his fantasy world of Middle Earth. Tolkien would return to Oxford Unversity in November, 1918 and would develop a legendurim book that contained background information of fictional characters, lands, and cultures for Middle Earth that were inspired by real people, cultures, and places. Examples of this are Tolkien’s Gandalf being inspired by the Norse God Odin, the mighty hero Aragorn being based on King Oswald of England, and the Shire being based on Worcestershire county in rural England where Tolkien lived when he was young. Tolkien’s legendirium and distinguished work would gain attention in his community and Tolkien subsequently would become a professor at the Unversity of Leeds in 1924. During his time as a professor, Tolkien would write a book series he named “The Hobbit” that took place in his world of Middle Earth and followed a band of dwarves and a hobbit to reclaim a treasure and slay a terrible dragon. The Hobbit became immensely successful which lead Tolkien to write a sequel book series called The Lord of The Rings which was an instant success among college students. Over the next Tolkien four decades, Tolkien would work within the Oxford Dictonary to translate linguistic work for other prestigious schools and Tolkien’s reputation as a legendary and reputable scholar and professor would grow considerably. Tolkien would even given the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth ll herself on March 28th, 1972. One year later, Tolkien would pass away and his son, Christopher, would continue his work. J.R.R Tolkien would prove that he is one of the best posthumous fantasy writers of all time when his book series The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were produced into some of the most popular fantasy movies of the 21st century and would impart symbolize J.R.R. Tolkien’s extraordinary life