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Beatrix Potter 1866-1943, English author and illustrator. She published her first animal stories, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) and The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), at her own expense before she found a publisher, Frederick Warne & Company. Over a period of 30 years, Warne published 23 of her books. Potter's stories, although fantasy, depict animals in an intelligent, unsentimental, and humorous manner. The books are enhanced by her delicate drawings and watercolor paintings. Now considered classics, Potter's stories are still popular and have been translated into several languages.

Bibliography: See biography by M. Lane (rev. ed. 1968); L. Linder, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter (1971).

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Potter, Beatrix (1866–1943). Writer and illustrator of children's books. Born in London, she combined her early love of drawing with a keen interest in natural history, copying flowers and drawing small animals. Illustrated anecdotes about her pet rabbit, sent to amuse a convalescing child, inspired her first published book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, in 1901. It was soon followed by The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tailor of Gloucester, and others. Immediately successful, they remain nursery classics with Mrs Tiggywinkle, Jeremy Fisher, and Jemima Puddleduck among many favourite characters.

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