She was the fourth and youngest child of J R R and Edith Tolkien. She studied English at Oxford's Lady Margaret Hall college from 1948-1951. In the early 1950s, she took secretarial work in Bristol and Birmingham, where she observed urban poverty that led her into a career in social work. After studying social sciences at the London School of Economics in the late 1950s, she worked as a probation officer in Oxford. She later returned to academia, teaching social work at the University of Oxford and later at High Wycombe College. She taught English at Beechlawn Tutorial College and tutored literature classes from her home 1982–2005. Following her father's death, she acted as a representative for the family during public occasions. She became a trustee of the Tolkien Estate and the Tolkien Trust, and vice president of the Tolkien Society in 1986. Together with her brother John, she produced a biographical photo book, The Tolkien Family Album, that was published in 1992.
She was the fourth and youngest child of J R R and Edith Tolkien. She studied English at Oxford's Lady Margaret Hall college from 1948-1951. In the early 1950s, she took secretarial work in Bristol and Birmingham, where she observed urban poverty that led her into a career in social work. After studying social sciences at the London School of Economics in the late 1950s, she worked as a probation officer in Oxford. She later returned to academia, teaching social work at the University of Oxford and later at High Wycombe College. She taught English at Beechlawn Tutorial College and tutored literature classes from her home 1982–2005. Following her father's death, she acted as a representative for the family during public occasions. She became a trustee of the Tolkien Estate and the Tolkien Trust, and vice president of the Tolkien Society in 1986. Together with her brother John, she produced a biographical photo book, The Tolkien Family Album, that was published in 1992.
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