Walter J. Enright
{{Short description|American cartoonist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Walter J. Enright
| birth_date = 1879
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = January 19, 1969
| death_place = Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
| resting place =
| education = Chicago Art Institute
Armour Institute of Technology
| occupation = Cartoonist
| spouse = Rae Enright
| children = Elizabeth Enright
| parents =
| relatives =
}}
Walter J. Enright, also known as Pat Enright, (1879 - January 19, 1969) was an American political cartoonist.https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/272269583/
Life
Enright was born in 1879 in Chicago. He attended the Chicago Art Institute and Armour Institute of Technology, and he served as a pilot in Europe during World War I.{{cite news |title=Pat Enright, A Cartoonist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/492232174/?terms=%22Walter%2BJ.%2BEnright%22 |accessdate=December 27, 2019 |work=The Record |location=Hackensack, New Jersey |date=January 21, 1969|page=16|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Cartoonist Enright Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272269583/?terms=%22Walter%2BJ.%2BEnright%22 |accessdate=December 27, 2019 |work=Fort Lauderdale News |date=January 20, 1969|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}}
Enright became a professional cartoonist New York City, where his work was published in the New York American and the New York World.{{cite news |title=Area Deaths and Funerals: Walter J. (Pat) Enright |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/134810745/?terms=%22Walter%2BJ.%2BEnright%22 |accessdate=December 27, 2019 |work=The Palm Beach Post |date=January 20, 1969|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Obituary: Walter J. Enright |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/394471601/?terms=%22Walter%2BJ.%2BEnright%22 |accessdate=December 27, 2019 |work=Daily News |location=New York City |date=January 20, 1969|page=30|via=Newspapers.com}} He was also an illustrator for The Century Magazine, Redbook, Collier's, Scribner, McClure's, and Life. He later moved to Florida, where he was a cartoonist for the Miami Herald from 1933 to 1943, and for The Palm Beach Post from 1943 to 1948.
Enright had a daughter, Elizabeth Enright, with his first wife, illustrator Maginel Wright Enright.{{Cite web|url=https://nha.org/research/nantucket-history/history-topics/nantucket-in-the-art-of-maginel-wright/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210614210303/https://nha.org/research/nantucket-history/history-topics/nantucket-in-the-art-of-maginel-wright/|archive-date = June 14, 2021|title = Nantucket in the Art of Maginel Wright}} Elizabeth Enright became an author. He and Maginel were married in 1904, divorcing before 1920. His second wife was named Rae.
He resided in Delray Beach, Florida, where he died on January 19, 1969, at the age of 93.
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Category:American magazine cartoonists
Category:American editorial cartoonists
Category:American political artists
Category:People from Delray Beach, Florida
Category:Military personnel from Illinois
Category:School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni
Category:Illinois Institute of Technology alumni
Category:American World War I pilots
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