If you don't know who this person is, you should—especially if you're a fan of science. Today's Google Doodle (which I heard about from a UK friend last night), honors Mary Anning, whose 215th birthday is today (she died in
Born to a cabin maker in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England,Mary Anning worked on the marine fossils in the area around her hometown. Most of them were found at the Jurassic Coast in Charmouth and Blue Lias. In the year 1833, she nearly died while digging for
On May 21, Google commemorated the 215th birthday of Mary Anning, a British fossil collector. Internet users who visited Google's homepage were shown a Doodle that featured Anning looking for fossils, with the bones of the animals making up the word
Check out the Google Doodle and an informative video on Mary Anning below.
Mary Anning was a pioneering paleontologist two centuries ago, at a time when a number of notable women were pursuing the science of finding fossils. Yet it was also an era when, as women, they could not be rewarded with the highest professional