Her brother, Walter Bertram, was born in 1871. They bought a home in Bolton Gardens South Kensington, where Helen Beatrix was born on 28 July 1866.īeatrix was educated at home by several private governesses with occasional excursions to public gardens, markets, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The couple settled in London, living on inherited wealth. He married Helen Leech (1839–1932), the daughter of a cotton merchant, at Gee Cross on 8 August 1863. Her father, Rupert William Potter (1832–1914), son of industrialist and Member of Parliament, Edmund Potter, was educated in Manchester and trained as a barrister in London. Potter's paternal ancestors were Unitarians from Glossop in Derbyshire. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now comprises the Lake District National Park. Potter died on 22 December 1943 at Castle Cottage, Near Sawrey, leaving almost all of her property to National Trust. Beatrix Potter published over thirty books the best are those written between 19.
She continued to write and illustrate children's’ books for Warne after her marriage until diminishing eyesight and the duties of land management made it difficult to continue. Potter became a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation.
In 1913 at the age of 47 she married William Heelis, a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead. Over the next several decades, she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. With the proceeds from the books and a small legacy from an aunt, Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a tiny village in the English Lake District near Ambleside. Between 19 she published over twenty popular children’s books. Then in 1902 it was published as a small, three-color illustrated book by Frederick Warne & Co. In her thirties, Potter wrote and illustrated the highly successful children’s book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which she privately published. In her twenties, she concentrated on the study of fungi mycology, of ancient artifacts archeology, and of geology, and achieved a measure of respect from the scientific establishment for her reproduction of fungi spores and her scientific illustrations. Although she was provided with private art lessons, Beatrix preferred to develop her own style, particularly favoring watercolor. While Beatrix was happily never sent off to boarding school, her education in languages, literature, science and history was broad and she was an eager student. Her parents were artistic and interested in nature and the out of doors. There she developed a love of the natural world which she closely observed and painted from an early age.
As children they had numerous pets and spent holidays in the south of England, in Scotland, and in the English Lake District. Biographical Summaryīorn into a privileged household, Potter, along with her younger brother, Walter Bertram, grew up with few friends outside their large extended family. They had no children Potter died of pneumonia at the age of 77 Heelis survived her by less than two years. Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist best known for children's books featuring anthropomorphic characters such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and rural lifestyle.
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