C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock

Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on November 23, 1868, Charles Reginald Enock was a British engineer, traveler, and author who also published as C. Reginald Enock and C. R. Enock. Reference sources consistently connect him with long-standing work on Latin America, especially Peru, and with a writing career that produced books on countries, regions, natural resources, and travel.

Enock is especially remembered for turning experience in the field into accessible nonfiction. His books on Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, and the republics of Central and South America helped introduce English-language readers to the geography, industries, and social life of the region during the early 1900s. Records from Project Gutenberg and library catalogs also show how widely his work circulated and how many of his titles remained in print or preserved in public collections.

He lived a remarkably long life, dying in Midhurst, West Sussex, on April 7, 1970. For audiobook listeners, he stands out as a writer from the great age of travel literature: practical, observant, and eager to explain faraway places to general readers.