Who were the Inklings?

"The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group associated with the University of Oxford, England, for nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late 1949. The Inklings were literary enthusiasts who praised the value of narrative in fiction and encouraged the writing of fantasy.....

Members
The Eagle and Child pub (commonly known as the Bird and Baby or simply just the Bird) in Oxford where the Inklings met informally on Tuesday mornings during term.
The more regular members of the Inklings, many of them academics at the University, included:
    J. R. R. Tolkien
    C. S. Lewis
    Owen Barfield
    Charles Williams
    Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien
    Lewis's elder brother, Warren Lewis
    Roger Lancelyn Green
    Adam Fox
    Hugo Dyson
    Robert Havard
    J. A. W. Bennett
    Lord David Cecil
    Nevill Coghill

More infrequent visitors included:
    Percy Bates
    Charles Leslie Wrenn
    Colin Hardie
    James Dundas-Grant
    John David Arnett
    Jon Fromke   
    John Wain
    John Walsh
    R. B. McCallum
    Gervase Mathew
    C.E. Stevens

Guests included:
    Eric Rücker Eddison
    Roy Campbell"

See more about the Inklings @ Wikipedia

More Info...

1. The Inkling's bio @ Mythoperic Society
2. The Inkling's @ Tolkien Gateway