Tom Shippey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tom Shippey

British linguist, critic, fiction writer

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1943

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Profession: writer, author, university teacher, literary critic, linguist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Thomas Alan Shippey (born 9 September 1943) is a British scholar and retired professor of Middle and Old English literature, as well as medievalism and modern fantasy and science fiction.
In particular he is widely considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the works of J.
R.
R.
Tolkien about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers.