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2023-04-01

Often described as a sketch of this watercolour is in fact one of several by geologist and engineer Thomas Sopwith of William Buckland in Snowdonia on 14–16 October 1841, examining evidence for glaciation.

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2022-10-16

in 1804 wrote to her sister from father, a carpenter, was asked to repair some furniture in their rented house. The Austens thought his estimate of 5 shillings was excessive, 'beyond the value of all the furniture in the room together'.

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2022-09-14

Just arrived in time for is this great new memoir on the history of from . A wonderfully wide-ranging set of 29 papers including, of course, one on Duria Antiquior, drawn for who pops up in 4 papers in this volume.

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2022-08-26

in 1829 after had visited her in London, Charlotte Murchison wrote to a friend, 'Mary Anning has just been with me a week. Never had she been out of the smoke of Lyme before! & never saw you a happier person! We had such museum hunting every day.'

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2022-07-15

in 1824 geologist Charles Lyell wrote to Gideon Mantell about his recent visit to in where he saw 'the discovery of a superb skeleton of Ichthyosaurus by Miss Anning. It was perfect, save the tail which a cart-wheel had passed over. It was 2 feet long'

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2022-07-10

in 1835 wrote to geologist John Phillips at King's College London to ask if he had received 'the Basket of Belemnites' she had sent him. it was many years before Phillips got round to publishing his research but he acknowledged her assistance.

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2022-07-08

in 1844, physician and naturalist Carl Gustav Carus, accompanying the King of Saxony on an informal tour, called at en route from Weymouth to Exmouth. Visiting shop, Carus was impressed by the fossils for sale, and by her reasonable prices. 1/2

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2022-07-01

In these days of and check out the latest issue of Earth Sciences History for the story of the first ever such reconstruction, Henry De la Beche's 1829–30 Duria antiquior, its various issues, and its links with of

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2022-05-30

Fun Friday Fact this week celebrates the unveiling of the Mary Anning statue in Lyme Regis, Well done to Evie for her campaign

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2022-05-27

in 1819 William Bullock began the 26-day auction of the entire contents of his London Museum, the Egyptian Hall on Piccadilly. Amongst the specimens to be sold was the skull found in 1811 by brother Joseph.

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2022-04-29

in 1830, Charles Lyell wrote to Gideon Mantell about a visit by William Buckland to 'there is something in the wind...a paper on the new beast perhaps, that fish-like concern which wants to make a grand wonder of, and the Dr a memoir, I suppose'. 1/2

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2022-04-23

In fact the meeting of in 1829 was a bit of a fest, William Buckland announcing not only her pterosaur, and coprolites, but her also discovery of fossil sepia, the preserved ink sacs of cephalopods. 1/3

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2022-02-07

Not only in 1829 did William Buckland announce pterosaur at a meeting, but he also described her recognition of bezoar stones as fossil faeces, for which he coined the term 'coprolite'. 1/3

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2022-02-07

in 1830 wrote to JS Miller, Curator of Bristol Institution offering him an ichthyosaur paddle for £1, and a fossil fish she had discovered in December 1829. She recognised that it was a new, undescribed fossil and sought a modern analogue: 1/4

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2022-01-31

corresponded with many of the leading geologists of her day. in 1829 she wrote to Charles Lyell about rates of coastal erosion - 3 ft a year - at Church Cliffs at details Lyell included in vol 1 of his Principles of Geology. 1/2

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2021-12-15

Evie and I went to check out Mary’s display today! Amazing to see her finally celebrated at last by our county museum. Go and check it out if you are in Dorchester, especially her commonplace book – see our other post!

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2021-08-21

The Bone Hunter in this months issue, is the fascinating story of Mary Anning, one of the greatest fossil hunters and the first person to discover a complete Ichthyosaurus skeleton. Brilliant art by Miriam Serafin https://t.co/OH00FUvuPO

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2021-05-07