Mary anning biography worksheet

Historian: Mary Anning was born in Lyme Regis on the southern coast of England in 1799. Her family was very poor.

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Mary received little education - she learned how to read and write at home and at church.

Historian: Mary’s father Richard made furniture, but he also earned a little money by collecting fossils on the beach.

The coast around Lyme Regis had many fossils. People didn’t understand how old these were, but they wanted to buy the “interesting rocks” that Richard found.

Mary anning biography worksheet

Historian: At that time, few people were traveling to Europe because of war, so there were many rich visitors to Lyme Regis. The fossils made good souvenirs of their visit. Richard died in 1810, and his family continued his fossil business.

In 1811, Mary’s brother Joseph found the skull of a strange animal on the beach.

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Historian: Twelve-year-old Mary found the rest of the body. At 17 feet long, it took months to remove it from the rock. Scientists were very interested in this animal.