He taught her all she needed to know about fossil collection and preparation. Around the age of 5 or 6, he began taking her out to hunt for fossils, an activity not common for girls during this era.
An ammonite, similar to the ones Mary found on the beaches of Lyme Regis.Īs a poor carpenter, Mary’s father hunted fossils for extra money.
The battle of sea and land provides ample opportunity for erosion – and ultimately the unveiling of fossils. Mary was born in the town of Lyme Regis, England, which sits on the coast of Dorset and is the center of what is later to be dubbed the “Jurassic Coast.” The blue/gray cliffs of limestone and shale are some of the most unstable beaches in England, susceptible to the changing tides and frequent storms that inundate the area. But to geologists, and specifically, women geologists, she is a pioneer. Mary, born in 1799, was, for all intents and purposes, a nobody. This popular tongue twister may very well be about little known fossilist, Mary Anning. In this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.Mary Anning: The Woman Who Changed Geology By Sara Kurth Mary Anning was uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life's work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of prehistoric creatures and the age of the Earth. Between dodging her rival fossil hunter the Curiman, and the sheer work of carefully digging out the fossil, Mary took almost a year to excavate what would later be termed the Ichthyosaurus. When her father injured himself and was unable to work, Mary quit school and took up fossil hunting full-time to help support her family, a task that became even more important when her father died, leaving the Annings in debt.Īt the age of twelve, Mary, with her older brother Joe, found what they believed to be the skeleton of a gigantic crocodile, the Great Croc of the legends. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils. Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. The amazing story of how the world's greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve.
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