... tycoon, had a power base in the very influential, De Beers Diamond Company, he was discredited by his plot for a second coup against Paul Kruger, the leader of British Parliament in South Africa. This eventually led to the British Declaration of War in October of 1899 (Davenport). In 1904 Tolkien's mother passed away, so he and his younger brother, Hilary, took up ... . In 1922, Tolkien had his first publication, "A Middle English Dictionary." In 1924, Tolkien was promoted to Professor of English Languages. Part of this responsibility involved delivering Oxford's annual, Sir Isreal Galla...

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