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

2. 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 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 Mary Anning died in 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.

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

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

5. Death and memory
Mary Anning sadly passed away on the 9th March 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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