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Clifford Scott Broadway
@Quickbeam2000
Writer. Voiceover. Producer. #Ringers documentary. Livestream Host #Tolkien #Geek Tuesdays 5PM @TheOneRingnet Wedding Officiant @GreatOfficiants #IWillMarryYou
Jan 16, 2020 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
We have lost the greatest mind in the dynamic world of #Tolkien Scholarship. Like his Father he was an intellectual giant who poured his entire life into those monumental works.

Never was the adage more true: He was a GENTLEMAN and a SCHOLAR.

A memory.
#RIPChristopherTolkien
/1 Born in Leeds in late 1924 - he studied at the Dragon 🐉 School at an early age, connecting him later to his Father’s beloved Oxford. He served in the Royal Air Force; continuing a family legacy of military service. He is pictured twice here as the littlest one on the right.

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