Tag: lymeregis
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BBC: Fossil festival returns to home of Mary Anning
The BBC has a story about the Fossil Festival in Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis has been hosting the event since 2005. The event features talks, shows, walks, exhibitions, interactive displays as well as a film about Mary Anning. Top fossil hunters and palaeontological experts are gathering for an annual fossil festival on the Dorset Coast. The…
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New biography of famous palaeontologist Mary Anning unearthed from University of Bristol archives
Newswise has a story about a new biography of Marry Anning. Mary Anning (1799-1947) live in Lyme Regis, England. She is famous for the fossil specimens she discovered in the eroding Jurassic cliffs in southern England. Some of those specimens were spectactular… including pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and countless ammonites. The biography was written during the last…
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BBC: Mary Anning: Lyme Regis fossil hunter’s statue unveiled
The BBC has a story about the unveiling of a statue of Mary Anning in her home town of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. The unveiling was done on May 21st, which was her 223rd birthday. She lived her whole life in Lyme Regis and supported her family by collecting and selling fossils from what is…
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The Field Museum has an interesting post about Mary Anning. There’s a good summary about her life, her work, and her accomplishments and contributions to paleontology when women couldn’t really participate. Even today, she is inspiring to many of the many talented women in science. It’s quite a testament to her life and achievements that,…
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Lyme Regis Presentation Announcement for Paleo Group meeting, April 15th, 2017
ESCONI Presentation – Saturday, April 15, 2017Paleontology Study Group Meeting – 7:30 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B In the Footsteps of Mary Anning: Collecting England’s Jurassic Coast.This past February, five ESCONI Women took to the beaches of Lyme Regis and Charmouth of famed Dorset County where Mary Anning made…
