Etheldred Benett British Scientist
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| First Name |
Etheldred
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| Last Name |
Benett
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| Birthday |
22nd July, 1776
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| Birthplace |
Tisbury, Wiltshire
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| Died |
11th January, 1845
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| Place of Death |
Norton House, Norton Bavant
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| Buried |
Bavant Parish Church
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Fossil collector · Geologist
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Etheldred Benett (22 July 1776 – 11 January 1845) was an early English geologist often credited with being the "First Female Geologist", having devoted much of her life to collecting and studying fossils that she discovered in South West England. She worked closely with many principal geologists and her fossil collection, considered one of the largest at the time, played a part in the development of geology as a field of science. Gideon Mantell, discoverer of the Iguanadon, was so inspired by Benett's work he named a Cretaceous ammonite after her called Hoplites bennettiana.[1]
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