Mary Anning
✶May 21, 1799
†March 9, 1847
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✶May 21, 1799
†March 9, 1847
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Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. She became known internationally for her discoveries in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset, South West England. Anning's findings contributed to changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth.
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
Biography from the article Mary Anning on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.