The Tolkien Timeline: The Post-Oxford Years (1959

The Post-Oxford Years (1959 - 1973)

Tolkien continued to work on both his languages and stories, long after his retirement from Oxford, right up until his death in 1973.

1960's	Tolkien was a collaborator in the translation of the Jerusalem Bible from the French (he did Job) [RELATION 17]
1962	The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is published [TTIE 11]
1964	"Leaf by Niggle" and "On Fairy Stories" are published together in a single edition called Tree and Leaf [TTIE 11; TW 110]
1965	Publication of American paperback editions of The Lord of the Rings [TTIE 11]
1967	Smith of Wotton Major and The Road Goes Ever On are published [TTIE 11; TW 110]
1968	The Tolkien family moves to Poole near Bournemouth [TTIE 11]
November 29, 1971	Edith Tolkien dies after a short, but severe, illness attributed to an inflamed gall-bladder
1972	Tolkien returns to Oxford [TTIE 11]
1972	Receives CBE from the Queen [TTIE 11]
September 2, 1973	John Ronald Reuel Tolkien dies at the age of eighty-one in a private hospital in Bournemouth

The full bibliography explains the abbreviated references used in this document.