John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, creator of a world. When someone who knows Tolkien is asked about his works, one thought comes to mind, Middle Earth. This was the playground in his mind from which such vivid descriptions of fantasy lands came. It is the basis of his most famous stories, where dreams are just the norm. JRR 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, as he dies shortly before his journey. This causes difficulties in John's life, as he is constantly moving. At the age of 7 he took the entrance exam to King Edwards School, failed, but gained acceptance a year later and approached the school. The Tolkiens move several times and end up near St. Philips Grammar School, where John's mother enrolls him to save money. However, JRR won a scholarship and returned to King Edwards to continue his studies. On September 14, 1904, Mabel Tolkien, John's mother, dies after a diabetic coma. After his mother's death, his and his brother's guardianship was assumed by Father Francis Xavier Morgan, a priest of the Birmingham Oratory. In 1908, JRR began his first term at Oxford and in 1915 he was awarded a first class honors degree. 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 found 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 which he was reluctant to put down even to 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 hurt him, he finally regains his life as a puppy.