Beatrix Potter Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1980, the Beatrix Potter Society was founded to promote the study and appreciation of her life and work
• Campaigned to save the Cockshott Point at Windermere in 1928
• When she died, she left her considerable acreage to the national Trust, which enabled it to preserve the lands that are now a part of Lake District National Park
• In 1880, she was awarded an Art Student's Certificate for model drawing and freehand
• A children's book author and illustrator, she is best known for "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," which was first commercially published by Frederick Warne & Co․ in 1902
• Her stories center on country life and farming using animals as main characters
• Bought her first rabbit in 1890 and named it Benjamin Bouncer
• In 1930, she won the silver challenge cup for the best Herdwick ewe
• In addition to her literary pursuits, she was a natural scientist and conservationist
• After he death, her paintings of fungus were used as illustrations in "Wayside and Woodland Fungi" by Dr․ W․P․K․ Findlay