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<p>188.114.111.204: fixed biography link</p> <hr /> <div>{{stub}}<br /> [[Image:Elaine Griffiths.jpg|thumb]]<br /> '''Elaine Griffiths''' ([[1909]]-[[1996]]) was Fellow in English and Chair of the English Faculty Board at [[Wikipedia:St Anne's College, Oxford|St Anne's College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].&lt;ref name=Anne&gt;[http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/about/st-annes-history/biographies-of-founding-fellows-1958.html#c2291 Biographies of Founding Fellows (1958): M. Elaine Griffiths] at [http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/ St Anne's College] (accessed 28 May 2011)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> After taking her degree in English, Griffiths undertook research under the supervision of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], acquiring an interest in [[Old English]] Philology.&lt;ref name=Anne/&gt; She soon became one of Tolkien's close friends, and was one of the early readers of a manuscript of ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was Griffiths who suggested [[Susan Dagnall]] of [[George Allen and Unwin|Allen &amp; Unwin]] to borrow the typescript from Tolkien.&lt;ref&gt;&quot;[http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/815-The_Queen_of_Hobbits_For_Sale.php The Queen of Hobbits for Sale]&quot; at [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/index.php TolkienLibrary.com] (accessed 28 May 2011)&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Tolkien signed a copy of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' to her with a dedication in [[Quenya]]: ''Elainen [[tári]]n [[Periando|periand]]ion [[ar]] [[melde]]nya [[an-|an]][[yára]]n'' (to Elaine, Queen of Hobbits and my very old friend).&lt;ref&gt;http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/856-most_expensive_Tolkien_book_in_the_world.php&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;!-- Chronology is wrong(?), she read The Hobbit before she was graduate student under JRRT?--&gt; The copy is currently held at collection of the [[Greisinger Museum]].&lt;ref&gt;{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.herr-der-ringe-film.de/v3/de/hobbit/specials_1/museum_english.php|articlename=Real eye opener - Visiting the Greisinger Museum|dated=11 January 2013|website=[http://www.herr-der-ringe-film.de/ Herr-der-Ringe-Film.de]|accessed=12 February 2013}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> <br /> *[https://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/this-is-st-annes/history/founding-fellows/m-elaine-griffiths/ Biography at St Anne's College]<br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Elaine}}<br /> [[Category:Academics]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]<br /> [[Category:Students of J.R.R. Tolkien]]</div>

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