Who dated Beatrix Potter?

Helen Beatrix Potter, simplement appelée Beatrix Potter, née à Londres le 28 juillet 1866 et morte à Sawrey, dans le comté de Cumbria dans le Lake District le 22 décembre 1943, est une écrivaine, illustratrice et naturaliste britannique. Elle est principalement connue pour ses livres destinés à la jeunesse mettant en scène des contes animaliers avec des illustrations emblématiques.

Elle a écrit et illustré 28 livres, dont ses 23 Contes qui se sont vendus à plus de 250 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde ; le plus connu est The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Pierre Lapin), traduit en plus de 45 langues et vendu à 45 millions d'exemplaires.

Vers la fin de sa vie, elle se voue à l'agriculture et l'élevage de moutons et contribue à la protection de milliers d'hectares de terres dans le Lake District.

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.