Beatrix Potter





Beatrix Potter

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born
in Kensington, London, England, The United Kingdom
July 28, 1866

died
December 22, 1943

gender
female

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About this author

Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.

Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses, and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District developed a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. As a young woman her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and became secretly...more


Average rating: 4.18 · 152,017 ratings · 2,120 reviews · 606 distinct works · Similar authors
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 74,197 ratings — published 1901 — 218 editions
The Complete Tales
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 33,026 ratings — published 1986 — 44 editions
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 5,643 ratings — published 1904 — 84 editions
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 5,180 ratings — published 1905 — 47 editions
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 4,749 ratings — published 1906 — 64 editions
The Complete Adventures of ...
4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 4,048 ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 3,961 ratings — published 1908 — 90 editions
The Tale of Tom Kitten
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 3,006 ratings — published 1907 — 74 editions
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 2,633 ratings — published 1909 — 45 editions
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 2,229 ratings — published 1904 — 42 editions
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“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”
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“Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
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“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.”
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