Throughout human history there have been many great heroes. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, and many more. But there are also plenty of heroes people have heard very little or nothing at all about. Mary Anning is one of those heroes.
Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England in a poor family. While little is known about her childhood, her father was a cabinet maker and sometimes he collected fossils. Mary and her brother were the only two children to make it to maturity. When her father died in 1810, she was left with her mother and brother in debt and almost nothing. At some point before however, her father taught them all his fossil hunting skills. For the next decade Mary and her family
Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England in a poor family. While little is known about her childhood, her father was a cabinet maker and sometimes he collected fossils. Mary and her brother were the only two children to make it to maturity. When her father died in 1810, she was left with her mother and brother in debt and almost nothing. At some point before however, her father taught them all his fossil hunting skills. For the next decade Mary and her family