 |  | | | Mary Anning, eminent fossilist | 06 May 2006 | | |
Mary Anning was the wrong sex, the wrong class, and the wrong religion, but she became what one scientist called "the most eminent female fossilist” the world ever knew.
Risking her life on the coast of Lyme Regis in the early 19th century, she discovered the remains of the creatures that were later classified as dinosaurs. In a time before Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species, the remains of these ‘giant lizards’ were shocking discoveries which shook the foundations of religious thinking. Yet, Mary died in relative obscurity, receiving little credit for her work.
Patricia Pierce’s biography of her, Jurassic Mary, charts her unusual life, from her beginnings in Lyme Regis.
Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the Primeval Monsters, Patricia Pierce, ISBN 0750940395 | |
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