From Deseret News archives:
Dates in Beatrix Potter's life
July 28, 1866: Born in Kensington, London
1885: Finished home schooling provided by governesses
1890: Sold her first sketches as designs for Christmas cards
1901: Completed a series of detailed watercolors of fungi
1902: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published by Frederick Warne & Co.
1905: Became engaged to Norman Warne, who died just over a month later
1905: Bought her first property in England's Lake District, Hill Top Farm
1913: Married William Heelis, a solicitor in the Lake District
Dec. 22, 1943: Died at Castle Cottage in the Lake District
Source: Beatrix Potter: A Journal, Penguin Books
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A Beatrix Potter Christmas card.
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