«Peter Rabbit»

Beatrix Potter
 Who is Beatrix Potter?

Beatrix Potter is a
conservationist, natural
scientist, illustrator, and
English writer. She is known
for writing children’s books
featuring animals. Her most
famous work to this day is The
Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Helen Beatrix Potter was born on July 28,
1866, to parents Rupert William Potter and
Early Life
Helen Leech. She grew up in an upper-middle-
class household and lived a fairly comfortable
life with her parents and a younger brother
named Walter Bertram.
Potter’s parents were highly educated and from
prominent families. Her father studied at
Manchester College under the unitarian
philosopher James Martineau. He practiced equity
law and conveyancing. Meanwhile, her mother
was the daughter of John Leech, who was a rich
shipbuilder and cotton merchant.

At the age 14, Potter started

keeping a diary written in
her own code. The said diary
was a stepping stone for her
creativity because she also
used it for literary
experiments and sketching
Publications

During the 1890s, Potter and her younger brother

started printing Christmas cards and cards for other
occasions using their own designs to earn money.
Rabbits and mice were constant subjects of her
drawings with fantasy themes.

In 1890, the firm Hildesheimer and Faulkner bought

Potter’s drawing of Benjamin Bunny, who was her
rabbit. The illustrations were used for the verses of A
Happy Pair by Frederic Weatherly.
 Over the years, the same firm
bought more of her drawings for In the whole duration
Our Dear Relations, which was of her career, Potter
also written by Weatherly. She published 23 tales from
1901 until 1930. She also
also sold several verses and frog
wrote and illustrated
illustrations for the Changing
other books such as The
Pictures, a popular annual
Tale of Kitty-in-Boots
offering by Ernest Nister. These and The Sly Old Cat.
series of illustration successes set
Potter’s resolve to illustrate her
own stories.
 Later Life
Potter moved out of her childhood home in
1913 when she married William Heelis.
Unfortunately, the house she grew up in was
destroyed during the German bombing
campaign called “The Blitz.”

She met her husband, William Heelis when she

sought advice from a local firm of solicitor named
W.H. Heelis & Son after realizing that she needed
to protect her boundaries. With Heelis closely
working with Potter, she bought an adjacent
pasture and a 20-acre castle farm property.
 In the Summer of 192, Heelis proposed to Potter, which she
Happy together accepted despite knowing that her parents might disapprove,
which they did. The couple married at the St Mary Abbots in
Kensington, and they immediately moved to a castle cottage on
Potter’s castle farm property at Near Sawrey.

Potter and Heelis enjoyed a happy and long

married life. However, the couple was childless.
Despite that, Potter had a close relationship with
Heelis’s nieces, whom she helped educate.

On December 22, 1943, Potter possessed away due

to heart disease complications and pneumonia in
her home. She was cremated at the Carleton
Crematorium. After her death, almost all of her
properties were left to the National Trust.
 Legacy
Years after Potter’s death, her stories and tales are still
popular and relevant. The copyrights for her
merchandise and stories were awarded to Fredrick
Warne & Co, which is now a division of Penguin Group.
"The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots"
In 2015, an unpublished book of Potter
was discovered by a publisher at the
Penguin Random House of Children’s
Books. This book was titled The Tale of
Kitty-in-Boots, and Quentin Blake
illustrated it. The date of the book’s
publishing coincided with Potter’s 150th
birthday.
 Five facts about Beatrix
Potter

• Beatrix Potter’s first real name is Helen.

• The story of The Tale of Peter Rabbit was based on Potter’s own pets.
• The house of Beatrix Potter housed a collection of live wild animals.
• Beatrix Potter was fond of writing in codes.
• Beatrix Potter’s parents were not supportive of her choice of husband.
• Inspirational Quotes from Edith Cowan:

«We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world, and we must
look upon it as an adventure.”

“With opportunity, the world is very interesting.”

“There is something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never
quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.”
hope it was interesting!