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Biography of Mary Anning who discovered the first dinosaur skeleton and then numerous other fossils.

Interesting, but the author is not a historian and didn't have the necessary understanding of the historical context. Also, she makes a lot of unsubstantiated assumptions about what Mary and others were thinking and feeling.

The familiar story of the prevailing discord between science & church as people begin to question the creation of earth was well told. But this was a book about Mary Anning - and so much of her story Emling fictionalised & tried to fill in the gaps where her research failed to find traces. Coupled with a reliance on assumption & stereotype around class and race took the shine off this book & yet again put men front on centre in Mary's own story.

Just started this today - the writing style is annoying me a bit .... lots of ‘she might have thought this‘ , ‘she might have said that‘ , ‘maybe she did this‘ ... writing about past lives is so hard. I‘m going to try not to focus on it and read on because I‘m super interested in Mary Anning 🤞🏼

I‘ve been exploring one postcard from the Natural History Museum every day during this lockdown to help me feel connected to culture! Which has led me to Mary Annings door! Looking forward to the movie Emling is producing (and starting as Mary!) due to be released later this year. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This is the story of Mary Anning, a young woman in the 1800‘s, who at the age of 16 discovered a fossilized ichthyosaur skeleton and although she never received a proper college education, became the worlds first paleontologist and most respected female fossil hunter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Happy National Fossil Day! Read this book about Mary Anning, Victorian-era fossil hunter, inspiration for the "she sells seashells on the sea shore" rhyme, and all-around badass.

"She sells seashells by the seashore." This tongue-twister was inspired by the life of Mary Anning, who (at the age of 12) discovered the first dinosaur fossils in the cliffs of Lyme Regis. Her discoveries began the science of paleontology and were used by Darwin while writing On the Origin of the Species. A fascinating life. #BookSetBytheSea #SomethingforSept