Annals of Anthropology

It's always fascinating to learn about exotic, alien cultures.  From "Tolkien's Study" in Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth (Catherin McIlwaine) at 282:

Tolkien always had a study at home.  This was essential when he lived at Northmoor Road and had no rooms in college but even after he moved to Merton College and was given a spacious room, he still needed a study at home to accommodate all his books and papers. [...] His study was not a purely private space but one where he received students, researchers and visitors.  There were numerous desks and writing tables in the Tolkien family home.  Some were in the study and others were in his bedroom, which was really a private extension of his study, with bookcases, a writing desk and tables.