# Tom Shippey

> Thomas Alan Shippey is a British medievalist, a retired scholar of Middle and Old English literature as well as of modern fantasy and science fiction. He is considered one of the world's leading academic experts on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers. His book The Road to Middle-Earth has been called "the single best thing written on Tolkien".

*British linguist, critic, fiction writer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1943-09-09
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.7 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794142/ (@nm0794142)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Shippey)
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- [Шиппи, Том](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95120)

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