What was the name of the university where J.R.R. Tolkien taught Anglo-Saxon?

J.R.R. Tolkien taught Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford.

Tolkien held several academic positions at Oxford. In 1925 he became Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, a post he held until 1945. He later became Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, also at Oxford, from 1945 to 1959.

His academic work centered on historical languages, medieval literature, and philology. These subjects were not separate from his creative writing: Tolkien’s study of Old English, Old Norse, Welsh, Finnish, and other languages helped shape the sounds, histories, and naming systems of Middle-earth.

Oxford also connected Tolkien with fellow scholars and writers, including C.S. Lewis. The Inklings, an informal literary group that met in Oxford, provided a setting where Tolkien and others discussed works in progress. Tolkien’s Oxford career lasted for decades and continued alongside the creation of his major fiction.