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Jan 29, 1909 Madison, Wisconsin, United States Died on 17 Jan 2001 (aged 91)

American biologist, professor, author

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About Richard E. Blackwelder

  • Richard Eliot Blackwelder (January 29, 1909 - January 17, 2001) was an American biologist, professor and author specializing in entomology and taxonomy.
  • After a distinguished professional career, he retired in 1977, and in 1978 he discovered the works of J.
  • R.
  • R.
  • Tolkien, which were to be the focus of his energies for the remainder of his life.
  • Over the next twenty years, Blackwelder amassed a large collection of Tolkien-related books and other materials, which he sorted and indexed.
  • The Blackwelder Collection, donated to Marquette University in 1982, is believed to be the largest single body of secondary sources on Tolkien ever to be developed.

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