Beatrix Potter Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Beatrix Potter (born Helen Beatrix Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children's books, featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which celebrated the British landscape and country life.Born into a wealthy Unitarian family, Potter, along with her younger brother Walter Bertram (1872–1918), grew up with few friends outside her large extended family. Her parents were artistic, interested in nature and enjoyed the countryside. As children, Beatrix and Bertram had numerous small animals as pets which they observed closely and drew endlessly. Summer holidays were spent away from London, in Scotland and in the English Lake District where Beatrix developed a love of the natural world which was the subject of her painting from an early age.She was educated by private governesses until she was 18. Her study of languages, literature, science and history was broad and she was an eager student. Her artistic talents were recognized early. She enjoyed private art lessons, and developed her own style, favouring watercolour. Along with her drawings of her animals, real and imagined, she illustrated insects, fossils, archaeological artefacts, and fungi.In the 1890s her mycological illustrations and research into the reproduction of fungus spores generated interest from the scientific establishment. Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit, publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later of leukemia.With the proceeds from the books and a legacy from an aunt, Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a tiny village, then in Lancashire, the English Lake District near Windermere, in 1905. Over the following decades, she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. In 1913, at the age of 47, she married William Heelis, a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead.Potter was also a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation. She continued to write, illustrate and design spin-off merchandise based on her children's books for Warne until the duties of land management and her diminishing eyesight made it difficult to continue.Potter published over 23 books: the best known are those written between 1902 and 1922. She died of pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey (Lancashire) at age 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now comprises the Lake District National Park.Potter's books continue to sell throughout the world, in many languages. Her stories have been retol
Full Name
Beatrix Potter
Net Worth
$8 Million
Date Of Birth
July 28, 1866
Died
December 22, 1943, Near and Far Sawrey, United Kingdom
Place Of Birth
South Kensington, London, England, UK
Occupation
Children's author and illustrator
Profession
Author, Illustrator, Botanist
Nationality
British
Spouse
William Heelis
Parents
Rupert Potter, Helen Potter
Siblings
Walter Bertram Potter
Nicknames
Beatrix Potter, Potter, Beatrix
IMDB
Nominations
Audie Award for Young Listeners
Movies
The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tales of Beatrix Potter
"The Tailor of Gloucester," published in 1903, was her favorite. This was based on a true story that her cousin, Caroline Hutton, told her.
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"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" sold more than 50,000 copies by 1903; she used her earnings to purchase a field in Near Sawrey, Cumbria, England.
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Was the first woman to be elected president-designate of the Herdwick Sheepbreeders' Association.
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When she died at age 77, she left 14 farms and 4,000 acres of land to the National Trust.
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In her later years, was also a real estate investor and a breeder of prize-winning Herdwick sheep.
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Wrote her first book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," as a letter to a friend's children. She was encouraged by Hardwicke Rawnsley, vicar of Wray Church, to turn it into a book, and she successfully self-published it in 1902. It is believed to be the first picture story book for children.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Peter Rabbit
2018
based on the books by pre-production
The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit
1995
Video book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992-1995
TV Series stories - 9 episodes
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
1991
TV Movie book
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
TV Movie
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
TV Movie story
Tales of Beatrix Potter
1971
stories
Jackanory
1966-1967
TV Series story - 9 episodes
Small Time
1962
TV Series book - 1 episode
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jackanory
1969
TV Series illustrator - 5 episodes
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971) as Writer
The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit (1995) as Writer
