Elisabeth Beresford

Elisabeth Beresford, MBE, also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she took work as a journalist, but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. Their recycling theme was noted especially and the Wombles became popular with children across the world. While Beresford wrote many other works, the Wombles remained her best-known. ^{Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (d. 2010)}

6 August 1926

Born on the same birth date (6 August 1926): Clem Labine • Frank Finlay • János Rózsás • Norman Wexler

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