William Heelis

E135557

William Heelis was an English solicitor best known as the husband of author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, with whom he shared a deep involvement in land conservation in England’s Lake District.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
William Heelis canonical 3

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Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
human ⓘ
solicitor ⓘ
associatedWith National Trust ⓘ
collaboratedWith Beatrix Potter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
employer Heelis & Son ⓘ
fieldOfWork land conservation ⓘ
law ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
knownFor assisting Beatrix Potter in purchasing farmland ⓘ
supporting preservation of traditional Lake District farming ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
notableFor marriage to Beatrix Potter ⓘ
work in land conservation in the Lake District ⓘ
occupation solicitor ⓘ
partnerInBusinessWith Heelis & Son ⓘ
placeOfResidence Hill Top Farm vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Hill Top Farm
placeOfWork Hawkshead ⓘ
Lake District ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Lake District ⓘ
Near Sawrey ⓘ
spouse Beatrix Potter ⓘ
spouseName Beatrix Potter ⓘ
spouseOccupation children's author ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beatrix Potter → spouse → William Heelis ⓘ
Heelis & Son → notableMember → William Heelis ⓘ
Heelis & Son → hasPartner → William Heelis ⓘ