who wrote the hobbit and lord of the rings
J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, FRSL (/ˈtɒlkiːn/;[a] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.