Tag: Mary Anning
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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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Lost Mary Anning book back in UK after chance find
The BBC has a story about the recovery of a historical book connected to Mary Anning. Mary was a fossil collector back in the early 1800s. She made some critical discoveries including a complete plesiosaur, a 4-foot long ichthyosaur skull, and holotype specimen of Dimorphodon macronyx. Unfortunately, she didn’t receive much recognition during her lifetime.…
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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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Happy 222th Birthday, Mary Anning!
Mary Anning was born on May, 21st, 1799. She was a fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist that lived in and around Lyme Regis a city on the South coast of England in the early 19th century. She is most famous for her discoveries of the first correctly identifier ichthyosaur, two of the first complete plesiosaurs, the…
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Happy 221st Birthday, Mary Anning!
Mary Anning with her dog, Tray, painted before 1842; the Golden Cap outcrop can be seen in the background Mary Anning was born on May, 21st, 1799. She was a fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist that lived in and around Lyme Regis a city on the South coast of England in the early 19th century. She is…
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Mary Anning: A hunt without a kill
Cosmos Magazine has a post about Mary Anning. Mary died on March 9th, 1847 at the age of 47. She made important contributions to paleontology back in the early 1800s. She was a very interesting person who found some of the first Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs, and pterosaurs. There are a few biographies of her life (The…
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Happy 220th Birthday, Mary Anning!
Mary Anning was born on May, 21st, 1799. She was a fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist that lived in and around Lyme Regis a city on the South coast of England in the early 19th century. She is most famous for her discoveries of the first correctly identifier ichthyosaur, two of the first complete plesiosaurs,…
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Happy Birthday, Mary Anning! May 21st, 1799 – March 9th, 1847
Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and amateur palaeontologist who became famous her finds in the Jurassic fossil beds along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county Dorset in Southwest England. Her discoveries contributed to scientific thinking about prehistoric like and the history of the Earth. Additionally, it is said that…
