Edith Tolkien

1889–1971 (age 82)

Biography

Edith Tolkien was a gifted pianist whose love of music and steadfast devotion provided the quiet hearth from which J.R.R. Tolkien drew inspiration.

Visitors to Wolvercote Cemetery can still feel the warmth of her memory, a reminder of how her grace and creativity nurtured a literary household.

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