By James Russell, George Shortland and Ted Ritchie Mary Anning By James Russell, George Shortland and Ted Ritchie

About mary anning Who was Mary Anning? Mary Anning found the fossils of prehistoric animals. Today, many children like finding out about dinosaurs .When Mary Anning was a child, no one knew about these long-dead animals. Mary's fossil-hunting helped change the way people thought about the world. When did she live? Mary was born in 1799. She grew up while Britain was at war with France. She was 16 in the year of the Battle of Waterloo (1815). She was alive when Victoria became Queen, in 1837. Mary Anning died in 1847. Why is she famous? Mary Anning was not trained as a scientist but her finds changed science. She came from a poor family. She made only one trip away from home in her whole life. Famous scientists came to see her. They wanted to see the fossils she found.

Her fossils She discovered many animals such as: 3 ichthyasaurs, a plesiosaur, a pterosaur, squaloraja (a different species of plesiosaur), a belobite and ammonites

Her friends Her friends were: Elizabeth Philpot, Sir Henry De le Beche and William Buckland.

Death and memory Mary Anning sadly passed away on the 9th March 1847. Her tragic death was caused by breast cancer. Only recently have we now realised how important Mary Anning was and how she changed how we look at the world.

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