Christina Scull Explained

Christina Scull (born 6 March 1942 in Bristol, England) is a British researcher and writer best known for her books about the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, in collaboration with her husband Wayne G. Hammond who is also a Tolkien scholar.^{[1] [2]} They have jointly won Mythopoeic Scholarship Awards for Inklings Studies five times.

Biography

Christina Scull was born in Bristol and was educated at the Redmaids' High School there. She worked for the London Board of Trade from 1961 to 1971 while completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in art history and medieval history at Birkbeck College. From 1971 to 1995, she served as Librarian of the Sir John Soane's Museum in London.^[3] John Garth describes Scull and Hammond as "two highly regarded veterans of Tolkien studies."^[4] She married the American Tolkien scholar Wayne G. Hammond in December 1994 and has subsequently collaborated with him on several projects.^[3]

Awards and distinctions

Mythopoeic Scholarship Awards for Inklings Studies, all jointly with Hammond:

• 1996 for ^[5]
• 1999 for Roverandom^[5]
• 2000 for Farmer Giles of Ham^[5]
• 2006 for ^[5]
• 2012 for The Art of the Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien^[5]

Books

• 1991 The Soane Hogarths. Sir John Soane's Museum and Trefoil Publications.
• 1995 (with Wayne G. Hammond) . Houghton Mifflin.
• 2005 (with Wayne G. Hammond) . Houghton Mifflin.
• 2006 (with Wayne G. Hammond) The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder. Marquette University Press.
• 2006 (with Wayne G. Hammond) The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide. Houghton Mifflin. Revised and expanded edition 2017.
• 2018 (with Catherine McIlwaine) . Bodleian Library.

See also

• Tolkien research
• Middle-earth

External links

• Official site of Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond
  • • "Truth or Consequences: A Cautionary Tale of Tolkien Studies", with a 2010 critique of Wikipedia's Tolkien coverage

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Beginner's Guide to Tolkien Criticism . Philip Irving . Mitchell . . 24 July 2012.
2. Web site: A Select Bibliography of Works about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) . . 24 July 2012.
3. Web site: Hammond . Wayne G. . Wayne G. Hammond . Scull . Christina . Who We Are . wayne & christina . 25 November 2022.
4. Garth . John . John Garth (author) . 15 May 2007 . The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Volume I: Chronology, and: Volume II: Reader's Guide (review) . . 4 . 1 . 255–266 . 10.1353/tks.2007.0019 . 170907016.
5. Web site: Mythopoeic Awards – Scholarship . Mythopoeic Society . 18 September 2020.