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TCG Letter #192


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Rector of the University of Liège
Date
18 October 1954
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Complete
This letter (written and sent from Dublin) again concerns the festivities of Tolkien's reception of an honorary doctorate at the University of Liège on October 2nd, 1954.
Notes
He was suggested as a candidate by Simonne d'Ardenne. See the article "Tolkien and Belgium" by Johan Vanhecke, published in Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum to read this letter.
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References
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 465
Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum, 2006, p. 58


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