![]() ![]() With proceeds from the books, she became financially independent of her parents and was eventually able to buy Hill Top Farm in the Lake District. Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full time. Warne died before the wedding could take place. ![]() This caused a breach with her parents, who disapproved of her marrying someone of lower social status. Around that time she became secretly engaged to her publisher Norman Warne. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Her parents discouraged her intellectual development as a young woman, but her study and watercolors of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. ![]() Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 - 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist best known for children's books featuring anthropomorphic characters such as in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.īorn into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. ![]()
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