Hvem daterede Beatrix Potter?

Helen Beatrix Potter (født 28. juli 1866, død 22. december 1943 i Sawrey ^(en), Lancashire) var en britisk børnebogsforfatter og -illustrator. Hendes mest kendte figur er Peter Kanin.

Faderen var uddannet advokat, men tilbragte det meste af tiden i herreklubber og arbejdede sjældent. Moderen besøgte – eller havde besøg af – slægtninge. Begge forældre levede af arven fra deres forældre. Beatrix og Bertram, en yngre bror, blev opdraget af barnepiger og guvernanter.

Da Beatrix blev ældre, blev hun leder af husholdningen, og al intellektuel udvikling modarbejdedes i hjemmet. En farbror forsøgte dog at få hende ind som studerende ved Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew i Sydvest-London, men hun blev ikke optaget, fordi hun var kvinde. Til gengæld opgav hun ikke sin interesse for mykologi – læren om svampe – og samlede og lavede detaljerede tegninger af over 270 arter. Men da hendes artikel om mugsporer blev læst op i the Linnean Society of London, måtte hun ikke selv være til stede, fordi hun var kvinde. Først i 1997 fik hun en offentlig undskyldning og anerkendelse for sit arbejde.

Norman Dalziel Warne (6 July 1868 – 25 August 1905) was the third son of publisher Frederick Warne, and joined his father's firm Frederick Warne & Co as an editor. In 1900, the company rejected Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, but eventually reconsidered and in October 1902, published the book to great success. Norman Warne became Potter's editor and they worked together on several subsequent books and related merchandise, such as soft toys and The Game of Peter Rabbit.

In 1904, Potter and Warne worked closely together to develop a tale about two mice and a doll's house. Potter began spending more time at the firm's offices and took several trips to Warne's home to sketch a doll's house he was constructing for his nieces. In July 1905 Warne proposed. Potter accepted, but on 25 August 1905, before a marriage could take place, Warne died suddenly of pernicious anaemia Potter remained in touch with Warne's sister Millie for many years, and his brothers Harold and Fruing became her editors. The relationship between Potter and Warne became the basis for the film Miss Potter (2006). In 2012, a decision to erect a plaque at Warne's former home in Bedford Square honouring his memory was turned down by English Heritage, presumably because of the lack of funding on English Heritage's part, as they have the funding to erect only twelve to fifteen plaques a year. A further attempt was also turned down in 2024.