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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
J. R. R. Tolkien
![J. R. R. Tolkien](/apics/j-r-r-tolkien.jpg)
Born: January 3, 1892
Died: September 2, 1973 (aged 81)
Bio: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
Known for:
- The Lord of the Rings (1955)
- The Hobbit (1937)
- The Silmarillion
- The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
- Unfinished Tales
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