1927
Preceded by
1928
Year
1929
Followed by
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January
- 12 - A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, containing a Foreword by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien reads a paper, The Chill Barbarians of the North, at a meeting of the Newman Society, in Oxford.
February
- 9 - Frank Frazetta, who would create illustrations for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is born.
March
- 27-28 - Tolkien works on the latter part of Canto IV of Lay of Leithian.
April
- 7 - The Tablet reports about J.R.R. Tolkien's paper "The Chill Barbarians of the North".
June
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien is invited to a dinner marking the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary.
July
- 22 - Orson Bean, who would voice Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit (1977 film) and Frodo Baggins (as well as Bilbo) in The Return of the King, is born.
September
- 17 - Roddy McDowall, who would voice Samwise Gamgee in The Return of the King (1980 film), is born.
December
- 20 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 25 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 29 - Bernard Cribbins, who would narrate several episodes of Jackanory's telling of The Hobbit, is born.
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- ? - Tolkien assists Sir Mortimer Wheeler in the unearthing of a Roman Asclepieion at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire.
- ? - Tolkien draws "Owlamoo".
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