At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a professor from 1925 to 1945?

J.R.R. Tolkien served as a professor at Oxford’s Pembroke College from 1925 to 1945.

In 1925, Tolkien became Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. The professorship was associated with Pembroke College, where he taught Old English and related subjects for two decades.

Tolkien wrote much of The Hobbit during this Pembroke period, and the book was published in 1937. He also began developing stories and languages connected with Middle-earth while working as an academic.

Tolkien later moved to Merton College when he became Merton Professor of English Language and Literature in 1945. This change often causes confusion, since both colleges were central to his Oxford career.