Mary Anning
Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. She became known around the world for finds she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in Dorset. Her discoveries included the first correctly identified ichthyosaur skeleton; the first two nearly complete plesiosaur skeletons; and fish fossils. Anning’s observations played a...