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Mary Anning

1799 - 1847

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Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. She became known internationally for her discoveries in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset, Southwest England. Anning's findings contributed to changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth. Anning searched for fossils in the area's Blue Lias and Charmouth Mudstone cliffs, particularly during the winter months when landslides exposed new fossils that had to be collected quickly before they were lost to the sea. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Anning is the 9th most popular geologist (down from 8th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 525th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Geologist.

Mary Anning was a fossil hunter and paleontologist. She became famous for her discoveries of ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus fossils.

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Among geologists, Mary Anning ranks 9 out of 90. Before her are Nicolas Steno, Milutin Milanković, Inge Lehmann, Charles Lyell, Friedrich Mohs, and James Hutton. After her are Eduard Suess, Andrija Mohorovičić, Francis Beaufort, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Beno Gutenberg, and Gideon Mantell.

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Among people born in 1799, Mary Anning ranks 7. Before her are Honoré de Balzac, Alexander Pushkin, Oscar I of Sweden, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, William Lassell, and Gustav, Prince of Vasa. After her are Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Fromental Halévy, Charles II, Duke of Parma, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Karl Bryullov, and Anna Atkins. Among people deceased in 1847, Mary Anning ranks 6. Before her are Felix Mendelssohn, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy. After her are Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Marie Duplessis, Jules de Polignac, John Franklin, Alexandre Brongniart, and Adélaïde d'Orléans.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Anning ranks 617 out of 8,785. Before her are Edwin of Northumbria (586), John Flamsteed (1646), Fred Hoyle (1915), Mike Oldfield (1953), David Attenborough (1926), and Eystein II of Norway (1125). After her are Robert Palmer (1949), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Hugh Dowding (1882), Derek Barton (1918), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), and Colin Renfrew (1937).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Mary Anning ranks 3. Before her are Charles Lyell (1797), and James Hutton (1726). After her are Eduard Suess (1831), Gideon Mantell (1790), William Smith (1769), Adam Sedgwick (1785), William Buckland (1784), Arthur Holmes (1890), William Nicol (1770), John Phillips (1800), and Archibald Geikie (1835).

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