Potter, Beatrix (1992). Judy Taylor (ed.). Letters to Children from Beatrix Potter. F. Warne & Co. ISBN 978-0-7232-4195-9. She died of pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey at the age of 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now constitutes the Lake District National Park. Potter's books continue to sell throughout the world in many languages with her stories being retold in song, film, ballet, and animation, and her life depicted in a feature film and television film. Potter's country life, her farming and role as a landscape perservationist are discussed in the work of Matthew Kelly, The Women Who Saved the English Countryside (2022). [99] See also Susan Denyer and authors in the publications of The National Trust, such as Beatrix Potter at Home in the Lake District (2004). [100]

Beatrix's father, Rupert William Potter (1832–1914), was educated at Manchester College by the Unitarian philosopher Dr James Martineau. He then trained as a barrister in London. Rupert practised law, specialising in equity law and conveyancing. He married Helen Leech (1839–1932) on 8 August 1863 at Hyde Unitarian Chapel, Gee Cross. Helen was the daughter of Jane Ashton (1806–1884) and John Leech, a wealthy cotton merchant and shipbuilder from Stalybridge. Helen's first cousin was Harriet Lupton (née Ashton) – the sister of Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde. It was reported in July 2014 that Beatrix had personally given a number of her own original hand-painted illustrations to the two daughters of Dr Arthur and Harriet Lupton, who were cousins to both Beatrix and the Duchess of Cambridge.Potter, Beatrix (1987). Leslie Linder (ed.). A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter. F. Warne & Co. ISBN 978-0-7232-3562-0. Beatrix Potter was interested in every branch of natural science except astronomy. [34] Botany was a passion for most Victorians and nature study was a popular enthusiasm. She collected fossils, [35] studied archaeological artefacts from London excavations, and was interested in entomology. In all these areas, she drew and painted her specimens with increasing skill. By the 1890s, her scientific interests centred on mycology. First drawn to fungi because of their colours and evanescence in nature and her delight in painting them, her interest deepened after meeting Charles McIntosh, a revered naturalist and amateur mycologist, during a summer holiday in Dunkeld in Perthshire in 1892. He helped improve the accuracy of her illustrations, taught her taxonomy, and supplied her with live specimens to paint during the winter. Curious as to how fungi reproduced, Potter began microscopic drawings of fungus spores (the agarics) and in 1895 developed a theory of their germination. [36] Through the connections of her uncle Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, a chemist and vice-chancellor of the University of London, she consulted with botanists at Kew Gardens, convincing George Massee of her ability to germinate spores and her theory of hybridisation. [37] She did not believe in the theory of symbiosis proposed by Simon Schwendener, the German mycologist, as previously thought; instead, she proposed a more independent process of reproduction. [38]

Despite homeschooling making Beatrix a little lonely, she was grateful for it in the end. She said that school would have rubbed off most of her originality! 16. Her first love ended tragically Lane, Margaret (2001). The Tale of Beatrix Potter: A Biography (Reviseded.). F. Warne & Co. ISBN 978-0-7232-4676-3. Taylor, et al., The Artist and her World, pp. 49–70; Potter, Journal, 1884–1897; Humphrey Carpenter (1985), Secret Gardens: The Golden Age of Children's Literature.

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Jane Morse, ed., (1982) Beatrix Potter's Americans: Selected Letters; Susan Denyer, (2000) At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit. In 1992, Potter's children's book The Tale of Benjamin Bunny was featured in the film Lorenzo's Oil. [106] Born into an upper-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Potter's artistic and literary interests were deeply influenced by fairy tales and fantasy. She was a student of the classic fairy tales of Western Europe. As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop's Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, [44] the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, [45] and the romances of Sir Walter Scott. [46] As a young child, before the age of eight, Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense, including the much loved The Owl and the Pussycat, and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland had made their impression, although she later said of Alice that she was more interested in Tenniel's illustrations than what they were about. [47] The Journal of Beatrix Potter from 1881 to 1897", By Beatrix Potter, Transcribed by Leslie Linder (Published by Warne, 1989)

Taylor, et al. 1987, pp. 107–148; Katherine Chandler, "Thoroughly Post-Victorian, Pre-Modern Beatrix." Children's Literature Quarterly. 32(4): 287–307. British Museum – Google Arts & Culture". britishmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016 . Retrieved 19 July 2016. a b Eccleshare, Julia (22 April 2002). "Peter Rabbit Turns 100". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 11 May 2023. Taylor, Judy (2002). That Naughty Rabbit: Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit. F. Warne & Co. ISBN 978-0-7232-4767-8. Debruge, Peter (18 February 2018). "Film Review: 'Peter Rabbit' ". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019 . Retrieved 8 March 2019.Beatrix's first name was actually Helen! Beatrix was her middle name, and she chose it as her pen name. Helen was also her mother's name, so it probably helped make things less confusing in their house! 2. She was a natural scientist

McDowell, Marta (2013). Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the classic children's tales. Timber Press. p.116. ISBN 978-1604693638. First look at Roald & Beatrix starring Dawn French with special cameo from Bill Bailey, 17 November 2020". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020 . Retrieved 26 December 2020. On 2 October 1902, The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published and was an immediate success. [61] It was followed the next year by The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and The Tailor of Gloucester, which had also first been written as picture letters to the Moore children. Working with Norman Warne as her editor, Potter published two or three little books each year: 23 books in all. The last book in this format was Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes in 1922, a collection of favourite rhymes. Although The Tale of Little Pig Robinson was not published until 1930, it had been written much earlier. Potter continued creating her little books until after the First World War when her energies were increasingly directed toward her farming, sheep-breeding and land conservation. [62] Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation – How to Pronounce English words". howjsay.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021 . Retrieved 6 October 2017. As she got older Beatrix's eyesight became worse, and she could not do the same beautiful illustrations from her earlier books. Before she retired completely she used old drawings from her early sketchbooks. Her last book was The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, published in 1930, which was actually one of the first stories she wrote! 19. A new Beatrix Potter book came out in 2016 The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots | Beatrix Potter | Quentin BlakeBeatrix Potter's parents did not discourage higher education. As was common in the Victorian era, women of her class were privately educated and rarely went to university. [33] Beatrix Potter and the Linnean Society". Linnean Society. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011 . Retrieved 1 November 2011. Chances are, one of the first books that was ever read to you was written by Beatrix Potter! Whether your favourite character was Peter Rabbit, Jeremy Fisher or Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, you're bound to absolutely love at least one story! But there is SO much more to Beatrix than just cute wildlife! She was a scientist, a farmer, an environmentalist, and she's responsible for some of the best-kept natural beauty in England! Don't believe us? Read on - you're bound to learn something new! The Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris had been family favourites, and she later studied his Uncle Remus stories and illustrated them. [48] She studied book illustration from a young age and developed her own tastes, but the work of the picture book triumvirate Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott, the last an illustrator whose work was later collected by her father, was a great influence. [49] [50] When she started to illustrate, she chose first the traditional rhymes and stories, " Cinderella", " Sleeping Beauty", " Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", " Puss-in-boots", and " Red Riding Hood". [51] However, most often her illustrations were fantasies featuring her own pets: mice, rabbits, kittens, and guinea pigs. [52] It wasn't all mushrooms for Beatrix, though! She was homeschooled as a child and didn't know many other children, so she befriended her family's pets instead. These included mice, rabbits, butterflies, bats, frogs and even hedgehogs! She liked to sketch these pets and capture their unique personalities. 5. Peter Rabbit was a gift for a friend's child