Editing Treebeard (section)

=== Professorial figure ===

Shippey, who like Tolkien had been a university professor, writes that Fangorn's explanations are "authoritative and indeed .. 'professorial'. They admit no denial."{{sfn|Shippey|2005|pp=150–151}} Tolkien's biographer, [[Humphrey Carpenter]], wrote that Treebeard's deep booming voice with his "hrum, hoom" mannerism was based on that of Tolkien's friend, fellow-[[Inklings|Inkling]], and professor of English at the [[University of Oxford]], [[C. S. Lewis]].{{sfn|Carpenter|1977|p=198}}