When Christopher Tolkien needed an assistant to edit his father's unpublished work, he contacted Kay, who subsequently moved to Oxford University in 1974 to work with Tolkien on the editing of "The Silmarillion".
He contacted Kay. Christopher Tolkien needed an assistant to edit his father's unpublished work. Kay subsequently moved to Oxford University in 1974. This was to work with Tolkien on the editing of "The Silmarillion".