Charles Noad
Tolkien Society meeting at Keble College, Oxford
in 1992Charles E. Noad was a programmer,
Tolkien scholar, and a long-standing member of the Tolkien Society
, which he helped to found.
Life
Charles Noad was born in 1947. He worked at Imperial College, London as a computer programmer.[1]
A
Northfarthing Smial. The society described his essay "On the Construction of The Silmarillion" as "critically important"; it was published in the 2000 scholarly collection Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth, edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter. His friendship with Christopher Tolkien led to his proofreading several Middle-earth books including The History of Middle-earth.[1]
Several Tolkien scholars knew, corresponded with, and exchanged books with Noad for 40 years or more. Douglas A. Anderson wrote that Noad's "eagle-eye as a proof-reader was legendary."[2]
The History of the Hobbit as "meticulous".[4]
Works
- 1977 The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings: A Discursive Enquiry Into Things Little Known on Middle-earth (44 pages). ISBN 978-090552001-8.
- 2000 "On the Construction of ISBN 978-0-313-30530-6
References
- ^ a b "Obituary: Charles Noad". The Tolkien Society. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Anderson, Douglas A. "R.I.P. Charles E. Noad (1947-2023)". Tolkien and Fantasy. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Bratman, David (14 July 2023). "Charles E. Noad". David Bratman. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b Rateliff, John D. (13 July 2023). "Charles Noad". Sacnoth's Scriptorium. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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