Beatrix Potter (
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Also known as
Beatrix Heelis
Short biography
An English author, illustrator, and natural scientist. Born in Kensington, London, Potter is famed the world over for her series of small books and drawings and paintings of anthropomorphic animal life.
Full biography
Potter found her first inspiration for Little Pig Robinson in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1894 while watching the boats loading at the docks.
Date of birth
28 July 1866
Place of birth
West Brompton, London
Date of death
22 December 1943
Place of death
Near Sawrey, Cumbria
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