tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post2045347237436874049..comments2024-03-18T20:11:19.504-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Tolkien and the ElephantJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-58895807430992062622013-04-08T04:52:39.370-07:002013-04-08T04:52:39.370-07:00B.D.H. Miller took a B.Litt. and D.Phil. at Oxford...B.D.H. Miller took a B.Litt. and D.Phil. at Oxford, and was one of Tolkien's students: see many references in the <i>Chronology</i>.<br /><br />His parenthetical note about Tolkien may be a confusion derived from Father John's memory described in <i>The Tolkien Family Album</i>, p. 43: "Later that year they moved to 1 Alfred Street. . . . John remembers seeing the St Giles' Fair at that time, which then included wild animals. These were taken out for exercise early in the morning, and he recalls that as elephants were taken down Alfred Street, they blocked out the light as they passed the dining-room window." For some reason, we omitted this from our <i>Chronology</i>, but included it as a brief note in the entry for Tolkien's Oxford homes, p. 694.Wayne and Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932900001011949062noreply@blogger.com