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Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for the discoveries she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset in Southwest England. Anning's findings contributed to changes in ...
- 9 March 1847 (aged 47), Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
- 21 May 1799, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
- Fossil hunting
- St Michael's Church, Lyme Regis, .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}50°43′32″N 2°55′54″W / 50.725471°N 2.931701°W
5 days ago · plesiosaur. fossil. Mary Anning (born May 21, 1799, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England—died March 9, 1847, Lyme Regis) prolific English fossil hunter and amateur anatomist credited with the discovery of several dinosaur specimens that assisted in the early development of paleontology. Her excavations also aided the careers of many British scientists ...
- John P. Rafferty
3160. Mary Anning was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector. Her lifetime was a constellation of firsts. Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, in the southwest English county of Dorset. Lyme Regis is now part of what is now called the Jurassic Coast, and discoveries are still being made to this day.
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Mar 29, 2021 · Mary Anning’s grave can be found in St. Michael’s Parish Church in Lyme Regis. In 2010 the Royal Society listed Anning as one of the 10 most important British women to influence the history of ...
- Cathy Newman
Feb 22, 2021 · Mary Anning was an impoverished, self-taught fossil hunter whose remarkable discoveries paved the way for modern paleontology. Through her carefully documented finds, she expanded human knowledge ...
Oct 16, 2020 · Mary Anning's plesiosaur can be seen in the Fossil Way Gallery in the Natural History Museum. It was a year after her father's death that Anning discovered the skeleton - now known to be an ...
Mary Anning facts. Mary Anning was born in the seaside town of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, in 1799. Although her parents had ten children, only Mary and her brother Joseph lived to adulthood. It’s said Mary had a lucky escape when she was a baby. The lady holding her was struck by lightning.
