Charles Noad
Charles 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. A Tolkien fan, he was involved in the work of the Tolkien Society, which he helped to found, for over 50 years, making him its longest-standing member; he served as its bibliographer and photographer, and belonged to its London local group, the 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''. Several Tolkien scholars knew, corresponded with, and exchanged books with Noad for 40 yea ...
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