Friends constituted another bright spot in her life. One early mentor was the Rev. William Gaskell
, whose death in June 1884 was the occasion of moralising in her journal about loss and change.
Grinstein, Alexander. The Remarkable Beatrix Potter. International Universities Press, 1995.
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Occupation
Queen Victoria
The notion of empire is always already intertwined with mercantilism. Critic Thomas Richards
argues that the Jubilee was a crucial moment in the history of the commodity, when the charisma the Queen was yoked to...
Timeline
12 January 1895: The National Trust was founded at Grosvenor...
Building item
12 January 1895
The National Trust
was founded at Grosvenor House in London by Octavia Hill
, Hardwicke Rawnsley
, and Robert Hunter
(who had been working towards its opening for nearly a year).
“The National Trust”. The National Trust: for ever, for everyone.
