A few less known mentions of Tolkien in early documents
22 Apr
2023/4/22 8:23:27 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2023/4/22 8:23:27 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
I checked The Internet Archive for all mentions of "Tolkien" before 1937, there are about 200~300 items, most are either well-documented or passing mentions. Though I still find a few interesting items:
The Educational Times, 2 Jan 1911. List of scholarship recipients
https://archive.org/details/educationa ... age/28/mode/2up?q=tolkien
The Tablet, 28 Oct 1911. List of Catholic freshmen at Oxford. Already noted by Scull & Hammond.
https://archive.org/details/tablet1911 ... ge/682/mode/2up?q=tolkien
English Literature, 1923. Another early publication of "Goblin Feet", with brief comment. Already noted by Jason Fisher.
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.213119/page/n129/
Meccano Magazine, 1933. Already noted by Cilli.
Two mentions in Nature.
https://archive.org/details/sim_nature ... ge/208/mode/2up?q=tolkien
https://archive.org/details/sim_nature ... ge/152/mode/2up?q=tolkien
There are a dozen more mentions after his death.
The Educational Times, 2 Jan 1911. List of scholarship recipients
https://archive.org/details/educationa ... age/28/mode/2up?q=tolkien
The Tablet, 28 Oct 1911. List of Catholic freshmen at Oxford. Already noted by Scull & Hammond.
https://archive.org/details/tablet1911 ... ge/682/mode/2up?q=tolkien
English Literature, 1923. Another early publication of "Goblin Feet", with brief comment. Already noted by Jason Fisher.
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.213119/page/n129/
Meccano Magazine, 1933. Already noted by Cilli.
Two mentions in Nature.
https://archive.org/details/sim_nature ... ge/208/mode/2up?q=tolkien
https://archive.org/details/sim_nature ... ge/152/mode/2up?q=tolkien
There are a dozen more mentions after his death.