Enid Mary Blyton ( 11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968 ) was a British children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.

Her daughter Imogen has been quoted as saying " The truth is Enid Blyton was arrogant, insecure, pretentious, very skilled at putting difficult or unpleasant things out of her mind, and without a trace of maternal instinct.

Enid Blyton was a prolific author of short stories.

The premiere was held in Vienna on 15 June 1938, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Oswald Kabasta: the soloists were Rudolf Gerlach ( John ), Erika Rokyta, Enid Szantho, Anton Dermota, Josef von Manowarda and with Franz Schütz at the organ.

The title of the " Barenaked Ladies " song " Enid " was inspired by Enid Léger, a waitress at Spanky's Pub ( which once occupied the space on Main Street now home to Terra Verde ) in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Lyons was assisted in his campaigning by his politically active wife, Enid Lyons.

His first marriage was to Enid Lamont in 1919.

It was later used in the Enid Blyton parody Five Go Mad in Dorset and in a number of British TV adverts, including a Captain Sensible spot.

The Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad The Blaine County Courthouse was built in 1906.

The writer Enid Blyton ( 1897 – 1968 ) was governess to a Surbiton family for four years from 1920, at a house called ' Southernhay ', also on the Hook Road.

He was survived by his wife Leonore ( February 20, 1918 – March 12, 2009 ), daughter Wallis, and two sisters, Enid A. Haupt and Evelyn Hall.

The name was formed by combining the first three letters from Mary Enid Scott, the wife of E. H. Scott, a timber producer

The Broadway Tower, Enid's tallest building was built during the " Golden Age " of Enid.

During the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, Enid was the location of a land office which is now preserved in its Humphrey Heritage Village, part of the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center.

Enid, the rail station, ( now North Enid, Oklahoma ) was the original town site endorsed by the government.

The Enid-Pond Creek Railroad War ensued when the Department of the Interior moved the government site three miles ( 5 km ) south of the station prior to the land run, which was then called South Enid.

The town's early history was captured in Cherokee Strip: A Tale of an Oklahoma Boyhood by Pulitzer-winning author Marquis James, who recounts his boyhood in Enid.

The greatest one-day precipitation total by an official rain gauge in Oklahoma was in Enid, 15. 68 inches fell on October 11, 1973.

North Enid was the original railroad town site in the Enid-Pond Creek Railroad War.

Historically, Blackwell was home to the Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway.

The post office was first established in Avard in 1895 and the town was incorporated in 1904 when the Frisco tracks were extended westward from Enid to tie in with the Santa Fe.

The Enid are a British rock band founded in 1975 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish.

* The Enid, a British rock band founded in 1975

In 1954, Clara Hockaday and Enid Kemper, prominent Kansas City social matrons, founded the Jewel Ball with help from local businessman Alfred Lighton.

Maidenform Brands () is a manufacturer of women's underwear, founded in 1922 by three people: seamstress Ida Rosenthal ; Enid Bissett, who owned the shop that employed her ; and Ida's husband, William Rosenthal.

Her career spanned sixty years during which she played over 150 different roles, in works by Shakespeare, Congreve, Ibsen, Wycherley, Wilde and dramatists of her era including George Bernard Shaw, Enid Bagnold, Christopher Fry and Noël Coward.

* On June 30, 1975, Glenn Hauser of Enid, Oklahoma, logged WJCT-TV 7, WFLA-TV 8, WJHG-TV 7, WFTV-TV 9, & WTVT-TV 13 during intense Sporadic E conditions.

Caroline and Thomas had three children, Vivien Brynhilda ( 1895 ), Nesta Enid ( 1900 ) and Arthur Rhys Davids ( 1897 ), a fighter ace pronounced as having been killed in action during an aerial battle in 1917.

When Mildred tells them about Ethel being nice for a change, Enid suggests she may have taken a " niceness course " during the holidays.

: Green Lantern and Batman return to the present day, ( having retained the memories of their experience ) along with Green Lantern having a cut on his forehead he got during the fight, Wonder Woman has none, and Clinton himself is stuck in a permanent time-loop of the last few seconds of his life before the whole chain started, which happens to be his wife Enid berating him for all eternity ( a la Groundhog Day ).

A native of Enid, Oklahoma, he joined the Army Air Corps during World War II, and went to the University of Chicago to study meteorology.

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center museum at the eastern edge of Enid, Oklahoma commemorates this event.

Enid and Woodward fall within the historical boundaries of the Cherokee Outlet.

* Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK

Enid Blyton wrote The Land of Far Beyond as a children's version of Pilgrim's Progress.

*" The Land of Far-Beyond " by Enid Blyton.

* 1893 – Enid Bennett, Australian actress ( d. 1969 )

** Enid Bennett, American actress ( b. 1893 )

Enid Blyton's status as a bestselling author is in spite of disapproval of her works from various perspectives, which has led to altered reprints of the books and withdrawals or “ bans ” from libraries.

* Enid Blyton's The Island of Adventure features the bird's extinction, sending the protagonist on a failed search for what he believes is a lost colony of the species.

Particularly significant in this development were the three Welsh Arthurian romances, which are closely similar to those of Chrétien, albeit with some significant differences: Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain is related to Chrétien's Yvain ; Geraint and Enid, to Erec and Enide ; and Peredur son of Efrawg, to Perceval.

The band found it interesting that " Enid " spelled backwards is " dine.

The Australian federal Division of Lyons is named jointly in honour of Joseph Lyons and his widow Dame Enid Lyons.

His siblings include Edern, a warrior who appears in a number of Arthurian texts, and Owain ap Nudd, who is mentioned briefly in Geraint and Enid.

Its county seat, Enid, Oklahoma | Enid, is named the Wheat Capital of Oklahoma.

Enid is the county seat and largest city within Garfield County.

At 207 Hook Road is a Blue Plaque commemorating the author Enid Blyton who lived

Enid ( ē ' nĭd ) is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.

Union Equity, Continental, Pillsbury, General Mills, and other grain companies operated mills and grain elevators in the area, creating what is now the Enid Terminal Grain Elevators Historic District, and earning Enid the titles of " Wheat Capital of Oklahoma ", " Queen Wheat City of Oklahoma ," and " Wheat Capital of the United States "

The city is named after Martin Garber, father of Milton C. Garber, former U. S. Congressman, Enid Mayor, newspaper editor, and Judge.

North Enid is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.

North Enid is located at.

Alva is located in the northeastern quadrant of Woods County, Oklahoma, 65 miles northeast of Woodward, Oklahoma and 72 miles northwest of Enid, Oklahoma.

A retired engineer, he is a son of Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont and Enid ( née Ripley ).

The Famous Five is the name of a series of children's novels written by British author Enid Blyton.

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE ( born 20 July 1938 ) is an English actress.

Malory Towers is a series of six novels by British children's author Enid Blyton, featuring the fictional Cornish seaside boarding school of the same name.