BEATRIX POTTER

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was born into the upper class, which enabled her the freedom to indulge in her love for writing and drawing. The family would go on long holidays to the countryside in Scotland, where Beatrix could follow her imagination, often bringing home little animals like mice, rabbits and birds.

Her picture book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published in 1902, with 8,000 copies selling out very quickly. By 1905, six of her books had been published and with the profits, Beatrix bought her first farm, Hill Top Farm, in the Lake District. 

Her future husband, Norman Warne, died and Beatrix "threw"herself into running her farm and worked on more of her books. In all, Beatrix Potter wrote 30 books, the best known being her 23 children's tales.

1920's