Time Travel Destination Guide: January 3, 1892—Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, and the Birth of J.R.R. Tolkien
Pack your imagination and your finest Victorian attire—on January 3, 1892, the literary legend John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. Tolkien, is born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (modern-day South Africa). This unassuming day will mark the beginning…
