Mary Anning

Size: Approx 17cm D
 
Mary Anning was a 19th-century English fossil hunter who made major discoveries along the Jurassic Coast in Lyme Regis. She helped uncover and identify important prehistoric marine fossils, including ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, and became a key figure in early palaeontology despite being excluded from formal scientific circles because she was a working-class woman.