Helen Beatrix Potter 18661943 was an English author and illustratorbotanist and conservationist born in Kensington London best known for herchildrens books whic... » 

Helen Beatrix Potter 18661943 was an English author and illustratorbotanist and conservationist born in Kensington London best known for herchildrens books which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.Educated at home by a succession of governesses she had little opportunity tomix with other children. Potter had frogs and newts and even a pet bat. Thebasis of her many projects and stories were the small animals that she smuggledinto the house or observed during family holidays in Scotland and the LakeDistrict. She was encouraged to publish her story The Tale of Peter Rabbit1902 but she struggled to find a publisher until it was accepted when shewas 36 by Frederick Warne Co. The small book and her following works wereextremely well received and she gained an independent income from the sales.Potter eventually wrote 23 books. These were published in a small format easyfor a child to hold and read. Her writing efforts abated around 1920 due topoor eyesight. «