Tom Shippey
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 81 |
Date of birth | September 9,1943 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Kolkata |
India | |
Works edited | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories |
Job | Professor |
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Scholar | |
Awards | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies |
World Fantasy Special Award—Professional | |
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies | |
Known for | Tolkien research |
Education | King Edward's School |
Books | The Road to Middle‑Earth |
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ID | 1756754 |
Tom Shippey Life story
Thomas Alan Shippey is a British medievalist, a retired scholar of Middle and Old English literature, as well as of modern fantasy and science fiction. He is considered one of the world's leading academic experts on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers.