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Clues to Beatrix Potter's characters
From: Library Administrator's Digest
Date: 20020901
Author:Anonymous
Beatrix Potter's lovable characters may have had a macabre inspiration, according to new research appearing on BBC News Online last July 27, 2001.
James Mackay of the Friends of Brompton Cemetery in west London has said that an investigation of the cemetery's computerized records brought up a startling number of names of Beatrix Potter's creations. Names on headstones included Mr. Nutkin, Mr. McGregor, Jeremiah Fisher, Tommy Brock - and even a Peter Rabbett.
"There may not be a Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle or a Jemima Puddle-Duck in the cemetery, but I found lots of McGregors, Jeremiah Fisher, a ...
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