Mary Anning: The Dinosaur Lady
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" She sells sea shells on the sea shore ", a tongue twister that we have all stumbled upon at some point, is said to be based on the life of a woman, Mary Anning. Known as the 'princess of paleontology', she was a pioneering fossil collector and an amateur anatomist. Although self-taught, she was an expert in anatomy and laid the groundwork for the entire field of paleontology. She willingly risked her life to explore the rocky shores of Lyme Regis, a town in the southwest of England, to discover several specimens. She was fueled not just by passion, but also hardship, hunger, and survival. Portrait of Mary Anning by Benjamin John Merifield Donne, 1850 copyrights @ https://www.geolsoc.org.uk Mary Anning was born on 21st May 1799 to Richard Anning and Molly (Mary Moore), and her life was off to a rough start. She was one of the two surviving children out of ten, at a time when infant mortality was high due to prevalent poverty, hung...