Biography of Geologists, Paleontologists and Geographers Mary Anning

Mary Anning: Pioneering Fossil Hunter and Paleontologist Early Life and Childhood:Mary Anning was born on May 21, 1799, in Lyme Regis, a coastal town in Dorset, England. She came from a working-class family, and her father, Richard Anning, was a cabinetmaker and amateur fossil collector. Mary’s childhood home was situated along the Jurassic Coast, a region rich in fossil deposits […]