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Enid Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 in East Dulwich, south London, United Kingdom, the eldest of three children, to Thomas Carey Blyton (1870–1920), a cutlery salesman (recorded in the 1911 census with the occupation of "Mantle Manufacturer dealer [in] women's suits, skirts, etc.") and his wife Theresa Mary (née Harrison; 1874–1950).
Aug 25, 2019 · Enid Mary Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 in a small flat above a shop in East Dulwich. Her father, Thomas Blyton, was a cutlery salesman from Sheffield, with intellectual ambition and a knowledgeable love of music and nature.
Aug 29, 2024 · Enid Blyton (born August 11, 1897, East Dulwich, London, England—died November 28, 1968, Hampstead, London) was a prolific and highly popular British author of stories, poems, plays, and educational books for children.
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- EARLY FAMILY LIFE. Enid Mary Blyton was born on 11th August 1897 at 354 Lordship Lane, a two-bedroom flat above a shop in East Dulwich, South London. Shortly after her birth her parents moved to Beckenham in Kent and it was there, in a number of different houses over the years, that Enid Blyton spent her childhood.
- ENID AND HER FATHER, THOMAS CAREY BLYTON. Enid's father, Thomas, was a cutlery salesman as a young man. He then joined his uncle's firm selling Yorkshire cloth and, later still, set up his own business as a clothing wholesaler.
- ENID AND HER MOTHER, THERESA MARY BLYTON (NEE HARRISON) Although she adored her father, Enid's relationship with her mother, Theresa, was more turbulent.
- FIRST SCHOOL. Enid began her schooldays at a small school run by two sisters in a house called Tresco, almost opposite the Blyton home. As an adult, Enid Blyton said about the school
Enid Mary Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 in East Dulwich, South London and spent her childhood in Beckenham, Kent. She had two younger brothers, Hanly and Carey. Enid’s father, Thomas, to whom she was very close, was a clothing wholesaler.
In 1897 Enid Mary Blyton, was born in the flat above a shop in East Dulwich. By the time of her death at the age of 71 she had become one of the most popular children's authors of...
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She was born in the late 1890s and was brought up in Buckingham. Her father hoped she might become a concert pianist, but despite her talent for music, she made the decision to be a children’s writer.
