Dr. Andrew Higgins

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Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Director of Development Imperial War Museums
Location Balham , London , United Kingdom
Introduction Dr. Andrew Higgins is a Tolkien Scholar who received his Phd through Cardiff Metropolitan University on 'The Genesis of Tolkien's Mythology' and co-edited with Dr. Dimitra Fimi the book A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Language Invention published by HarperCollins. He has also published on invented languages in the Star Trek and Star Wars story worlds and his research focuses on Tolkien and other invented languages and world-building. He is Director of Development at Imperial War Museums. Currently single and lives in Balham London.
Interests Tolkien, Anglo Saxon, Old Norse, Dark Shadows, Welsh (Medieval), Secondary Worlds, Invented Languages, Philology World-building in fiction
Favorite Movies All About Eve
Favorite Music Wagner and most opera
Favorite Books Lord of the Rings, Beowulf

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