The tale was so important to the couple that the characters' names were engraved on their joint headstone. Struck by her beauty and elegance, Tolkien began writing a story about an Elvish princess named Lúthien and her love, Beren. As the war pressed on, Tolkien was soothed by his wife’s grace. One day, according to a feature on Newsweek, Tolkien watched as Edith danced in a wooded area in Yorkshire. But he also found his muse in his wife, Edith Tolkien. Tolkien clearly drew inspiration for his Lord of the Rings series from studying mythology and fantasy fiction. Tuomo Lindfors, Flickr // CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Tolkien, with "Luthien" and "Beren" inscribed on the headstone. Before heading into the war, Tolkien married Edith Bratt, whom he had known since he was 16. Tolkien was released after contracting "trench fever," a bacterial disease carried by lice that causes fever, muscle pain, headaches, and enlargements of the spleen and liver.
Afterwards, he enlisted for duty in the British Army and was placed in the Lancashire Fusiliers infantry regiment during World War I, where he was involved in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He eventually earned a first-class degree at Exeter College in 1915, studying English Language and Literature. From there, Tolkien ended up living with relatives and in boarding homes under the supervision of a priest.
His family would move to Birmingham, England, in 1896 after his father died, and Tolkien's mother would pass away just a few years after that. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on January 3, 1892.
The Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Pictured above is an example of what life in the trenches looked like. Tolkien came down with "trench fever," which is a bacterial disease carried by lice that earned its nickname because of how common it was among soldiers fighting in trenches. During his service in World War I, J.R.R.
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