#OTD in 1926.

C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien first meet in Oxford.

Both men served on the English faculty at Oxford University and were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the Inklings. The Inklings were literary enthusiasts who praised the value of narrative in fiction and encouraged the writing of fantasy.

C.S. Lewis at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/782

J.R.R. Tolkien at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42379

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