Mary Ann Mantell
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Lived 1795 to 1869 · aged 74
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Mary Ann Mantell was a British fossil collector and the wife of the British paleontologist Gideon Mantell.
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Illustration from the book The Fossils of the South Downs, engraved by Mary Ann Mantell from sketches by Gideon Mantell. The book describes geological formations and fossils found in the South Downs of Sussex, England. Shelfmark: OUM: 1 d. 67. This is plate V, showing strata between Brighton and Rotterdean, strata to the West of Rotterdean, and the landing place at Rotterdean.
Lithograph drawing of Iguanodon tooth drawn by Mary AnnIn their orbit 2
About this person
Mary Ann Mantell was a British fossil collector and the wife of the British paleontologist Gideon Mantell. She is credited - although this is disputed - with the discovery of the first fossils of Iguanodon and provided several pen and ink sketches of the fossils for her husband's scientific description of the Iguanodon.
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Lived 1795 to 1869 · aged 74
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