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Beatrix Potter

1866 - 1943

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Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( BEE-ə-triks), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her first commercially published work in 1902. Her books, including The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck and The Tale of Tom Kitten, have sold more than 250 million copies. An entrepreneur, Potter was a pioneer of character merchandising. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrix Potter is the 563rd most popular writer (up from 732nd in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 566th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Writer.

Beatrix Potter is most famous for her children's books, Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, and The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Beatrix Potter ranks 563 out of 7,302. Before her are Matilde Camus, Elie Wiesel, Anthony Burgess, Tom Clancy, James Hilton, and Salvatore Quasimodo. After her are Juan Ramón Jiménez, Sayat-Nova, Frontinus, Sidney Sheldon, Frederick Forsyth, and Arthur Koestler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Beatrix Potter ranks 13. Before her are Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred Werner, Charles Nicolle, Benedetto Croce, Jacinto Benavente, and Giovanni Agnelli. After her are Hans von Seeckt, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Lev Shestov, and Nathan Söderblom. Among people deceased in 1943, Beatrix Potter ranks 19. Before her are Henri La Fontaine, Theodor Eicke, Sophie Scholl, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Chaim Soutine, and Alexandre Millerand. After her are Władysław Sikorski, Nikolai Vavilov, Alexandre Yersin, Maurice Denis, Max Wertheimer, and Max Reinhardt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Beatrix Potter ranks 509 out of 8,785. Before her are James Hilton (1900), Jackie Stewart (1939), Richard Wright (1943), Arthur Eddington (1882), Andrew Irvine (1902), and Howard Staunton (1810). After her are Robert Walpole (1676), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), John Wesley (1703), William Pitt the Younger (1759), James I of Scotland (1394), and Glenn Hughes (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Beatrix Potter ranks 54. Before her are G. K. Chesterton (1874), J. M. Barrie (1860), Enid Blyton (1897), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Anthony Burgess (1917), and James Hilton (1900). After her are Frederick Forsyth (1938), John Donne (1572), George Eliot (1819), Robert Burns (1759), Harold Pinter (1930), and Samuel Johnson (1709).

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