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The first female fossil hunter : the life and legacy of Mary Anning / Jayson Kowinsky.
Van Pelt Library QE707.A56 K69 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kowinsky, Jayson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anning, Mary, 1799-1847.
- Anning, Mary.
- Paleontology--England--Jurassic Coast--History.
- Paleontology.
- Jurassic Coast (England)--History.
- Jurassic Coast (England).
- Paleontologists--Biography.
- Paleontologists.
- Women geologists--Biography.
- Women geologists.
- Paleontology--History.
- England--Jurassic Coast.
- England.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 194 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley ; Havertown : Pen and Sword History, 2025.
- Contents:
- The geology and palaeontology of the Jurassic coast. A primer for the Jurassic coast
- Stratigraphy of Lyme Regis
- Plant and invertebrate fossils of the Liassic sea
- Vertebrate fossils of the Liassic sea
- The story of Mary Anning. British society in the eighteenth century
- Science and the beginnnings of geology
- Contemporary female geologists
- A legendary infancy to a family fossil business
- Family fossilist to world renowned fossil hunter
- A new plesiosaur and the birth of a palaeontologist
- Friendships, fossil discoveries, and fossil shops
- A flurry of discoveries in the late 1820s
- Gaining the recognition she deserved
- The end of a story
- Volume II... .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781399038560
- 1399038567
- OCLC:
- 1523026728
- Publisher Number:
- 90104466765
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