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In early 1505In early 1505, he was called back to Rome by Pope Julius II to design his tomb which included about 40 life-sized statues. He worked on the project for the next 40 years, facing constant interruptions as he had to accomplish other tasks.

In 1492In 1492, after the death of Lorenzo, the Medici family fell from power. This forced Michelangelo to move to Bologna where he continued his studies. In 1494, he carved three saints for the church of San Domenico.

In 1492, after the death of Lorenzo, the Medici family fell from power. This forced Michelangelo to move to Bologna where he continued his studies. In 1494 In 1494, he carved three saints for the church of San Domenico.

Around 1909Around 1909, he composed ‘The Book of the Foxrook,’ a sixteen-page notebook.

J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and academic. What started as a bedtime story, which he narrated to his children, ‘The Hobbit’ became an award-winning novel, with hundreds of millions of fans from across the world. Described as ‘grew in the telling,’ the novel became one of his most-loved books along with his richly inventive epic tale series ‘The Lord of the Rings’ which was written in bits and pieces and sent as letters to his kids. J.R.R. Tolkien was an internationally acclaimed writer, most popular for his dark fantasy stories. His areas of expertise included Old English, poetry, literature, and mythology, inspired by early Germanic. Apart from novels, he also authored a series of short stories. It was due to his connection with fictional histories, fantasy writings, and constructed languages that he came to be known as the ‘father of modern fantasy literature.’ His epic tale series ‘The Lord of the Rings’ has been translated into more than 25 languages25 languages for readers across the world. Even after 50 years of its original publication, it has often been ranked among the best-loved stories created in the 20th century, along with ‘The Hobbit.’ These two novels have been adapted into award-winning blockbuster movies by Hollywood director Peter Jackson.

In 1925In 1925, he joined ‘Oxford University’ as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, where he published the philological essay ‘Nodens’ in 1932. The essay was based on the 1928 unearthing of a Roman Asclepeion by Sir Mortimer Wheeler at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire.

He was hired by ‘Merton College,’ Oxford, in 1945in 1945 as a Professor of English Language and Literature, a position which he retained until his retirement in 1959.in 1959.