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...years were spent divided between the city and the country. His father, an English banker, was making efforts to establish a bank in the South Africa. His family moved from South Africa to a small English village because of the hot and dusty living conditions. Many of Tolkien's early memories of South Africa have influenced his later works.( JRR Tolkien encyclopedia of World. )
He left South Africa to go to England with his mother and his brother, Hilary. His father, Arthur, was supposed also to return to England within the next few months. However, Arthur Tolkien died of rheumatic fever while still in South Africa. This left the grieving family in relatively dire straights and on a very limited income. ( J.R.R. Tolkien uxl)
They soon moved to Birmingham, England, so that young Tolkien could attend King Edward VI school. His mother, Mabel, converted to Catholicism and the religion would have a long lasting effect on young Tolkien. An avid reader, Tolkien was influenced by some of the great writers of his day including G.K. Chesterton and H.G. Wells. It was during this of financial hardshipof schooling that Tolkien suffered the loss of his devoted mother. She succumbed to diabetes in 1904 when Tolkien was only 12 years of age.
After her death Father Morgan took over as his guardian, placing him first with an aunt and then at a boarding house for orphans. It was at this boarding house, at the age of 16 that he would meet and fall in love with Edith Bratt. Edith became somewhat of an obsession for Tolkien his relationship was interfering with Tolkien's studies and leaving him unprepared to take exams for his college acceptance. He realized this when he was not accepted into college on his first try. Tolkien temporarily swore off the love of his life an buckled down to the work at hand. On his second try he succeeded in obtaining a scholarship to Oxford....
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