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  Beatrix Potter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Potter's illustration of her anthropomorphic rabbits — in this case the married cousins, Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny (with Peter Rabbit in the background), from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
Beatrix Potter, or Helen Beatrix Potter (July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943) was a British children's book author and illustrator.
Potter was one of the first to suggest that lichens were a symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae, but her one attempt to publish was thwarted.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beatrix_Potter   (555 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
Beatrix Potter married William Heelis, a solicitor in Hawkshead, in 1913.
Beatrix Potter(Famous People, Famous Lives) by Harriet Castor, is a biography of Beatrix Potter which focuses on the main events in her life, illustrated with line drawings by Martin Remphry.
Beatrix Potter strongly approved of the aims and ideals of the Armitt sisters, particularly their concern for the study of natural history and their active interest in safeguarding the Lake District countryside.
www.visitcumbria.com /bpotter.htm   (1364 words)

  
 Beatrix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beatrix (bay'-a-triks or bee'-a-triks) is a Latin name for "blessed woman." The name originated from the Latin name Viatrix, and was merged with the Latin word Beata (from beatus, blessed).
Beatrix of Castile, Queen of Portugal (note: two Queens held this combination of name and title)
Beatrix is also a character in the video game Final Fantasy IX.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beatrix   (218 words)

  
 More Than Just Bunnies: The Legacy of Beatrix Potter LiteraryTraveler.com
Potter began to buy other properties around Sawrey, to increase her holdings and to save old buildings and small farms from demolition or what she considered to be unsuitable uses.
When she died at her home in 1943, Beatrix Potter bequeathed more than 4,000 acres of farms and her cottages and her flocks of Herdwick sheep to the National Trust.The Lake District continues to be one of the most rural, untouched corners of England.
Potter bequeathed her botanical paintings and tiny drawings to the Armitt Trust in Ambleside (near Sawrey), a library and museum centre with collections of British writers and painters; Beatrix Potter, Ruskin and Wordsworth, among them.
www.literarytraveler.com /literary_articles/beatrix_potter.aspx   (1549 words)

  
 LitWeb.net
Beatrix Potter was born in South Kensington, London, the only daughter of Rupert Potter, a wealthy rentier.
Potter spent a sheltered childhood with her brother Bertram, who was five years younger.
Potter's journal, which she kept from the age of fifteen and which was written in an elaborated code, was deciphered and published in 1964.
www.biblion.com /litweb/biogs/potter_beatrix.html   (829 words)

  
 Abebooks: Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter was born on 28 July 1866 in South Kensington, London.
Potter's career as an author and illustrator began with picture letters she sent to Noel Moore, the child of her former governess.
The character of the Fierce Bad Rabbit was created by Beatrix Potter at the request of a small girl, who complained that Peter Rabbit was much too good and she wanted a story about a really naughty rabbit.
www.abebooks.com /docs/Community/Featured/beatrixPotter.shtml   (631 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter
Beatrix became deeply involved in looking after her growing estate and in the life of the Lake District countryside which she had grown to love.
Beatrix died in 1943, just before Christmas, and her head shepherd, Tom Storey, scattered her ashes, as she had requested, among the little hills of what she had described as 'the most pleasant countryside in the world‘.
The importance of Beatrix Potter at The Armitt is considerable.
fp.armitt.plus.com /beatrix_potter.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Beatrix potter biography
Beatrix Potter was born in London, on July 28, 1866 to wealthy parents.
Potter married attorney William Heelis in 1913 when she was 47 years old.
Potter became the first female president of the Herdwick Sheepbreeders' Association, an organization which is still active.
ut.essortment.com /beatrixpotter_rbxl.htm   (646 words)

  
 A Tribute to Beatrix Potter
In 1866, when Helen was expecting Beatrix, her first child, they moved to Bolton Gardens, a four storey house in Kensington, which was to become Beatrix Potter's nursery, playroom, and eventually her studio.
Beatrix enjoyed drawing and painting from a very early age and her talent quickly developed as she grew older.
Beatrix Potter had an unsentimental and yet powerful love for the countryside, and her escapes from London to the heart of Nature inspired her art throughout her life.
www.tameside.gov.uk /corpgen1/beatrixpotter.htm   (944 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter Lake District
Beatrix' parents were upset at this, but she went ahead and became engaged to him.
Beatrix was a passionate conservationist and as a farmer she became best known for the breeding of Herdwick sheep, Lakeland's own breed.
When she died on 22 December 1943, aged 77, Beatrix Potter left £211,636, 14 farms and 4000 acres of land to the National Trust, together with her flocks of Herdwick sheep.
www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk /famous_people/beatrixpotter.html   (773 words)

  
 Aesthetic Realism and Beatrix Potter's 'Peter Rabbit' / Wonder and 'Matter-of-Fact' Meet
Beatrix Potter wrote many letters to the children of her friends and relatives, one of which, written in 1902 to a little boy who was ill, Noel Moore, was to become a classic of children's literature.
Beatrix Potter carefully and beautifully places the picture in that white space that both fixes the image and also allows it to float freely as the soft, blurred edges blend into the white.
Beatrix Potter has been loved and is important as an artist and writer because in The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and in book after book, she shows that we don't have to make up a better world.
www.aestheticrealism.net /Aesthetic-Potter/Aesthetic-Potter.html   (2529 words)

  
 Women Children's Book Illustrators--Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beatrix Potter was considered an amateur artist by some because of her lack of training, but her natural affection for animals and rich imagination made up for any deficiencies she may have had and manifested themselves through her illustrations.
Helen Beatrix Potter was born on July 28, 1866 in Kensington Square, London, England to Rupert Potter and Helen Leech, but the name Helen was dropped so as not to confuse her with her mother.
In April of 1939, Potter was admitted to the Women’s Hospital in Liverpool for a hysterectomy.
www.ortakales.com /illustrators/Potter.html   (2667 words)

  
 Drawings
Beatrix Potter was a talented watercolourist, particularly of the natural world, from an early age and her paintings and drawings are now in collections, both private and public, all over the world.
Beatrix considered the Armitt, which from the beginning concentrated on local history, art and literature, to be of potential benefit to the area.
Beatrix notes that these are long-eared bats disputing with a common bat for the possession of the roosting place.
www.beatrixpottersociety.org.uk /files/drawings.html   (260 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter's Lake District & home Hilltop: Days out from Appleby Manor Hotel
As a child Beatrix Potter holidayed regularly in the Lake District and later moved to the area whereupon she bought Hilltop Farm, now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.
Beatrix Potter wrote most of her stories at Hilltop, some of which Hill Top is even the setting for, namely Tom Kitten and Samuel Whiskers.
All 23 of Beatrix Potter's tales are brought to life in three dimensions at the World of Beatrix Potter.
www.applebymanor.co.uk /lake_district_About_The_Area_Beatrix_Potter.htm   (410 words)

  
 Elizabeth Nesbitt Room Illustrators Project
Beatrix claimed to have been influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and by Randolph Caldecott and is known to have admired the drawings of Mrs.
Potter hoped that her microscopically-detailed pictures of fungi would be published in a textbook, but this was not to be for she was an untrained scientist.
Beatrix was becoming anxious about her publishers, since they were using the war as an excuse for not paying her the royalties due her.
www.library.pitt.edu /libraries/is/enroom/illustrators/potter.htm   (4127 words)

  
 Potter, Beatrix on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A tale of Peter Mushroom; Beatrix Potter may be best known as the creator of story-book rabbits, but a revealing exhibition shows her hidden life as a naturalist.
THE TALE OF BEATRIX POTTER; Animal magic Barred from the Royal Botanic Gardens, the mother of Peter Rabbit contented herself with telling stories about her pets - and sheep farming.
Tiggy-winkle, a hedgehog in a Beatrix Potter book, is one of the characters at The World of Beatrix Potter in Windermere, located in England's Lake District.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/p/potter-b1.asp   (644 words)

  
 Stalybridge Unitarian Church - Beatrix Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beatrix Potter was the daughter of Helen and Rupert Potter and was born on 28th July 1866 at their London home.
Her paternal grandfather, Edmund Potter was a successful cotton manufacturer with mills at Dinting, near Glossop, a radical MP, and a friend of Cobden and Bright.
Beatrix's parents Helen and Rupert Potter are buried in the Potter family vault at Hyde Chapel Gee Cross.
www.stalybridgeunitarians.org.uk /bpc.htm   (550 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter Cumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beatrix Potter is honoured with an exhibition on her life and tableaux portraying scenes from her books at The World of Beatrix Potter" in Bowness-on-Windermere.
Potter said, "Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality." How fortunate for all of us that her environment provided a place for her love of art, nature, and animals to flourish.
Beatrix Potter was an author, artist, countrywoman, and strong supporter of the Lake District.
www.thecumbriadirectory.com /People/Beatrix_Potter/Beatrix_Potter.php   (1637 words)

  
 Minnamoora - Beatrix Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is a Beatrix Potter Tableau of the Year figurine made by Beswick, England.
This is a Beatrix Potter large character jug made by Enesco, Malaysia.
This is a Beatrix Potter light switch plate which is in mint conditon in the original packaging.
minnamoora.freeyellow.com /beatrix.html   (4016 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Helen Beatrix Potter is well known for her children's books with beautiful illustrations of animals.
Beatrix was born on July 28, 1866 to wealthy parents in London.
Beatrix began making detailed drawings of fungi which were both scientifically correct as well as aesthetically pleasing.
www.engr.psu.edu /wep/EngCompSp98/ABrown/beatrixpotter2.html   (608 words)

  
 Cumbria - the Lake District: Exploring Beatrix Potter's Lake District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beatrix Potter first visited the area with her family on their annual holidays.
The Beatrix Potter Gallery is open from 3 April to 31 October, daily except Thursday and Friday, from 10.30 with last admission at 16.00.
In one of Beatrix Potter’s sketches Mrs Tiggy-Winkle is seen with the lake and Skiddaw in the background.
www.golakes.co.uk /features/feature_32.htm   (828 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Illustration: Historic Illustrators: Potter, Beatrix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Beatrix Potter Collections - A major collection of Beatrix Potter material from the Leslie Linder collection was bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and is now available to students of Beatrix Potter.
Beatrix Potter letter to Bertha Mahony Miller - The text of a letter, and a reproduction of the original, from Beatrix Potter to the founder and editor of Horn Book Magazine, suggesting Americans might like to donate money to help save a stretch of Windermere coastline.
Beatrix Potter letter to Bertha Mahony Miller (2) - Another letter, with reproductions of the original, from Potter to the editor of the Horn Book magazine, discussing her thoughts on books and old furniture.
dmoz.org /Arts/Illustration/Historic_Illustrators/Potter,_Beatrix   (380 words)

  
 EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
Beatrix Potter's charming animal stories are as popular today as when they were published in the early 1900s, owing largely to Potter's beautiful artwork and the simplicity of her characters and themes.
By studying Beatrix Potter's childhood and her artwork, students gain insight into the unusual, solitary world of Victorian childhood and can compare/contrast it with their own world to understand why Potter wrote such simple stories and why she wrote about animals rather than people.
Emphasize that Beatrix Potter is an "illustrator" who learned to draw by observing and sketching her environment and that she most often did pencil sketches and watercolor drawings.
edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=386   (2189 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (The World of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit): Books: Beatrix Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beatrix Potter doesn't shy away from more difficult words to tell her story, respecting the ability of children to absorb all kinds of material at an early age.
Author Beatrix Potter created the story of Peter Rabbit for a young boy with whom she was acquainted.
Beatrix Potter claimed that though she was adept at illustrating animals, she had the darndest time (my words, not hers) drawing people.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0723247706?v=glance   (2239 words)

  
 National Museum of Natural History: Peter Rabbit's Garden
Born in London in 1866, Beatrix Potter became a keen observer of natural life at an early age.
Potter built up a 4,000-acre estate in the English Lake District of 15 farms that she ultimately donated to the National Trust of England.
The Beatrix Potter exhibit, "Peter Rabbit's Garden," will travel to the Chilldren's Museum of Manhattan when it leaves the National Museum of Natural History at the end of May. After that, it will travel to venues such as the Royal Ontario Museum as well as several museums in Japan.
www.mnh.si.edu /exhibits/peter_rabbit   (506 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter
She was also a farmer and landowner, a breeder and judge of prize sheep and one of the great benefactors of the National Trust.
It's all started over one hundred years ago, on September 4th 1893, when Beatrix Potter wrote a letter to Noel Moore, the five year old son of her former governess and great friend, Annie Moore.
Today Beatrix Potter's characters are favourites with adults and children all over the world, and have become the most successful literary-based classic children's characters of all time.
lightning.prohosting.com /~jemimas/Beatrix_Potter/beatrix_potter.html   (330 words)

  
 Beatrix Potter in the Lake District, her life and works
Peter was a character the Beatrix Potter used in a letter she wrote to the small son of her former governess.
Beatrix rewrote and illustrated the tales, then approached a number of publishers, only to be rejected by all of them.
When she died in 1943, Beatrix Potter left 4000 acres of land to the National Trust, including 14 farms, cottages and many local areas of beauty including Tarn Hows.
www.cumbria-calling.com /beatrix_potter.htm   (1560 words)

  
 Kids' Corner - Featuring the Stories of Beatrix Potter (and more!)
Learn about the life of Beatrix Potter, the author and illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and many other children's books.
In this interview, Don Swaim, host of CBS Radio's Book Beat, talks with Judy Taylor, the biographer of Beatrix Potter.
of the works of Beatrix Potter may not be made without the permission of Frederick Warne and Co.
wiredforbooks.org /kids.htm   (497 words)

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