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Beatrix Potter was a writer, illustrator and conservationist. Stories that combined her love for both animals and the English countryside.

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In her later life, she bought a substantial amount of land in the Lake District and on her death donated it to the National Trust, helping to preserve a significant part of the Lake District national park. Beatrix was born in Kensington, London to middle-class, Unitarian parents. Her father, Robert, was a distinguished lawyer, and her mother the daughter of a wealthy merchant.

Her parents were also artistic and this artistic talent was passed on to Beatrix. She spent much of her early life in her own company; she rarely saw her brother Ewan, who was sent to boarding school. Having little social contact with children of her own age, Beatrix began to be drawn into her own world of creating her own stories, based on animals.

Beatrix was a naturally gifted artist, and with some art lessons, she also learnt the technical side of drawing. She later wrote:. During her childhood, and especially in the Lake District, she looked after many animals, such as; rabbits, frogs, and even bats.