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While buying my supporting membership for the Chicago WorldCon to get the Hugo downloads (don't seem to be available yet), for whatever reason I decided to read the In Memoriam page and came across this entry:
Priscilla Tolkien (b.1929) died on February 28. Tolkien was the youngest and last surviving child of J.R.R. Tolkien and has served as the honorary Vice President of the Tolkien Society. She served as a trustee for the Tolkien Trust.
Her entry in Wikipedia is a bit more informative. She was a probation officer and social worker and deeply involved in her father's work, serving as a typist at the age of fourteen. She also served to name Frodo, whose original name was Bingo Bolger-Baggins.
There are still some grandchildren and presumably some greats, nephews and nieces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_family#Priscilla_Tolkien
One thing mentioned in the Tolkien Family Wikipedia page that I had forgotten was that JRR was born in South Africa! I vaguely recalled that. I don't remember when he moved to England.
Priscilla Tolkien (b.1929) died on February 28. Tolkien was the youngest and last surviving child of J.R.R. Tolkien and has served as the honorary Vice President of the Tolkien Society. She served as a trustee for the Tolkien Trust.
Her entry in Wikipedia is a bit more informative. She was a probation officer and social worker and deeply involved in her father's work, serving as a typist at the age of fourteen. She also served to name Frodo, whose original name was Bingo Bolger-Baggins.
There are still some grandchildren and presumably some greats, nephews and nieces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_family#Priscilla_Tolkien
One thing mentioned in the Tolkien Family Wikipedia page that I had forgotten was that JRR was born in South Africa! I vaguely recalled that. I don't remember when he moved to England.
