Mary Anning: She Sold (Fossil) Sea Shells by the Seashore

摘要

The third Mary Anning was born 21 May 1799 to Richard and Mary (Molly) Anning of Lyme Regis, England. Her sister, the second Mary Anning, died just five months before the third Mary was born, the result of a tragic fire accident. As the fourth child of Richard and Molly-and one of only two of their 10 children to survive to adulthood-Mary Anning was seemingly not destined for paleontological greatness. She was poor, uneducated beyond the village school, and a woman who lived during a time when geological theorizing was conducted within gentlemen's societies.