What is Beatrix Potter?
[[File:Beatrix Potter by King cropped.jpg|thumb|Beatrix Potter in 1913]] '''Helen Beatrix Potter''' (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an [[English people|English]] [[writer]], [[illustrator]], [[mycology|mycologist]] and [[Conservation biology|conservationist]]. She was perhaps most historically famous and also perhaps best notable and most prominently remembered for having written and published several classic children's storybooks which are based on the narrative tales of several of her classic and most beloved animal characters such as ''[[The Tale of Peter Rabbit]]''. Potter was born on 28 July 1866 in England and she was then raised in [[Kensington]], [[London]] during the early childhood stages of her life. Her family became extremely wealthy just shortly after her father Rupert William Potter, who also had great multi-artistic talents and was an adept amateur photographer, had wisely invested a large part of their family income and hard-earned savings in the stock exchange market during the early 1890's. She was also surrounded as well as highly intellectually educated by many [[governess]]es throughout her adolescent and teenage years. Although, she did not have as many friends during her lifetime and longtime writing career, she was surrounded by beautiful mother nature and many loving [[pet]]s. Including Benjamin and Peter, 2 favorite pet [[rabbit]]s, the latter of which would be her prominent basis and much favorable namesake for her very first and most beloved storybook character. She spent most of her happy holidays in [[Scotland]] and the [[Lake District]]. There, she eventually began to learn to love nature, plants and animals, by which she had also carefully sketched, artistically illustrated and creatively painted. By the time she reached the age of 30, Potter had written and officially [[publisher|published]] her first original and classic children's storybook entitled ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit''. It is a very widely popular classic children's story and had a universal appeal to people