 Anthony Scott Burdge
Founder, Chairman and Webmaster of Heren Istarion
Anthony Scott Burdge was born in 1972 in Los Angeles,
California. His studies range; including Norse Mythology, Medieval
Literature, and Judeo-Christain ideology, Native American tradition and mysticism, Japanese Swordsmanship, and Medieval Re-enactment Combat. Currently he is an English Literature major at Hunter College.
His interest in Tolkien grew from the age of eight, when he received
his first copy of The Hobbit. Over the last decade Mr. Burdge
has delved into the mythological world while studying the works of
J.R.R. Tolkien. After joining the UK Tolkien Society, he inquired
to bring the aims and goals of the Tolkien Society to New York City.
Heren Istarion, New York's Tolkien Society was created in September
2000.
Publications:
Co-author :Humiliated Heroes: Peter Jackson's Interpretation of the Lord of the Rings (Translating Text and FilmWalking Tree Press 2004)
Tolkien Advisor: The Siege of Gondor Games Workshop Strategy Battle Game Supplement (USA/UK 2004)
Tolkien Advisor: The Scouring of the Shire Games Workshop Strategy Battle Game Supplement (USA/UK 2004)
Contributor: The Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (Oxford University Press 2006)
Contributor: JRR Tolkien Encyclopedia (Routledge 2006)
Co-author:The Maker's Will...Fulfilled?" Tolkien and Modernity edited by Thomas Honneger and Frank Weinreich
A Walking Tree Press Publication (Summer 2006)
Contributor: Beyond Bree, MythPrint, Amon Hen and Parma Nole
Lectures:
The Biblical Allusions in the Lord of the Rings ICON 2002 Stonybrook University, NY
J.R.R. Tolkien as a Catholic Mystic Holy Family University, PA April 2005
Tolkien 2006: "The Mystical Imagination of the Inklings" University of Vermont April 2006
Citations:
Smial of the Year Oxonmoot 2002
Beyond Bree Award 2005 "In recognition of outstanding contribution to the study of JRR Tolkien, from the Readers of "Beyond Bree"
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