Christopher Tolkien

Christopher Tolkien
Christopher Tolkien
	Tolkien in 2019
Born	Christopher John Reuel Tolkien; 21 November 1924; Leeds, England
Died	16 January 2020 (aged 95); Draguignan, France
Occupation	Editor; illustrator; academic;
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford (BA, BLitt)
Genre	Fantasy
Notable awards	Bodley Medal (2016)
Spouse	Faith Faulconbridge (m. 1951; div. 1967) ; Baillie Klass (m. 1967)
Children	3: Adam, Rachel and Simon
Parents	J. R. R. Tolkien (father); Edith Tolkien (mother);
Relatives	Hilary Tolkien (uncle); John Tolkien (brother); Priscilla Tolkien (sister);

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English and naturalised French academic editor. The son of author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien edited much of his father's posthumously published work, including The Silmarillion and the 12-volume (plus one volume of indices) series The History of Middle-Earth. Tolkien also drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings.

Outside his father's unfinished works, Christopher Tolkien edited three tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (with Nevill Coghill) and his father's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

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