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Talk: Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter: Class, Gender and Sea Monsters

West Berkshire Museum presents as part of its Talking History programme this talk by Dr Liz Hide. Described as 'the greatest fossilist the world ever knew', 19th century Dorset palaeontologist Mary Anning made an outstandingly important contribution to our understanding of early life in the sea. Yet, as a working class woman, she didn't fit the accepted mould of a learned scientist and her work was, and still is, not fully acknowledged. Her correspondence with Adam Sedgwick in
Wednesday 17 March 2021 | 7pm - 8pm | Zoom (live) | £5 per household
Berkshire
Wed 17 Mar 2021
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