John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, creator of a world. When anyone who knows Tolkien is asked about his works, one thought comes to mind: Middle Earth. It was in his mind the playground from which such vivid descriptions of imaginary lands came. This is the basis of his best-known stories, where dreams are the norm. JRR perhaps owes much of its success to its diverse beginnings. On April 16, 1891, Mabel Suffield and Arthur Reuel Tolkien were married in Bloemfontein, South Africa. They soon gave birth to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien on January 3, 1892, who was baptized later that month. In April 1895, Mabel took JRR and his younger brother to Birmingham, England. Arthur, their father, was supposed to follow them in a few months, but never does since he dies shortly before his trip. This causes a difficult youth for John, who is constantly moving. At the age of 7, he took the entrance exam to King Edwards School, failed, but was accepted a year later and moved closer to the school. The Tolkiens moved several more times and ended up near St. Philips High School, where John's mother enrolled him to save money. JRR, however, obtained a scholarship and returned to King Edwards to continue his studies. On September 14, 1904, Mabel Tolkien, John's mother, died following a diabetic coma. After the death of his mother, guardianship of him and his brother was taken over by Father Francis Xavier Morgan, priest of the Birmingham Oratory. In 1908 JRR began his first term at Oxford and in 1915 he graduated with distinction. in English language and literature. The following year, on March 22, 1916, John Tolkien married Edith Bratt. Between the years 1917 and 1929, the couple had four children together, John, Michael, Christopher and Priscilla. Tolkien's children had a great impact on his writings. One of the best examples of this is in his book Roverandom. In 1925, while on holiday with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his favorite toy, a small dog on a leash that he was reluctant to even put down. play on the beach. To console and distract him, JRR improvised a story, the story of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into a toy. After many fantastic adventures in search of the wizard who wronged him, he finally returns to his life as a dog.