Mary Ann Mantell | |
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Born | Mary Ann Woodhouse 9 April 1795 Paddington, London, United Kingdom |
Died | 20 October 1869 | (aged 74)
Occupation(s) | fossil collector, lithographer |
Known for | Discovering Iguanodon |
Spouse | |
Children | 3, including Walter |
Mary Ann Mantell (née Woodhouse; 9 April 1795[1] – 20 October 1869[2]) was a British fossil collector[3] and the wife of the British paleontologist Gideon Mantell. She is credited – although this is disputed – with the discovery of the first fossils of Iguanodon and provided several pen and ink sketches of the fossils for her husband's scientific description of the Iguanodon.[4]