Names and Initials

You may have wondered about some famous person's initials.

• E. E. Cummings - The famous poet's initials stood for Edward Estlin Cummings
• E.B. White - Writer and author of English Language Sytle Guide, Elwyn Brooks White
• H.P. Lovecraft - Horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• H.G. Wells - "war of the worlds", "time machine", etc., Herbert George Wells
• J.K. Rowling - The "K" in J.K. Rowling is not her name. Joanne Rowling does not have a middle name, but her publishers wanted to add another initial to her name for her book. She settled on Kathleen, the name of her favorite grandmother.
• J.R.R. Tolkien - "Hobbit", lord of rings series, etc., John Ronald Reuel Tolkien