Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter Heelis, known simply as Beatrix Potter, was a remarkable English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist, best remembered for her enchanting children's books featuring animals. Born into an upper-middle-class London family in 1866, Potter's childhood was somewhat isolated, spent largely with governesses—including Annie Moore, who later encouraged her to publish her illustrated letters. She and her younger brother, Walter Bertram, nurt…