William Daniel Conybeare FRS, dean of Llandaff, was an English geologist, palaeontologist and clergyman. He is probably best known for his ground-breaking work on fossils and excavation in the 1820s,
Illustration of plesiosaur skeletal anatomy from Conybeare's 1824 paper describing the skeleton found by Anning
W D Conybeare's Grave and Memorial, Llandaff Cathedral.
Mary Anning
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Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. She became known internationally for her discoveries in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at
William Conybeare (geologist)
…had been at least three different species. His predictions about the plesiosaur were proved correct by the discovery of a nearly complete skeleton by Mary Anning in 1823, which Conybeare described to the Geological Society in 1824. Among his most important memoirs is that on the south-western coal district of…
Anning with her dog, Tray, painted before 1842; the hill Golden Cap can be seen in the background.
Blue plaque where Mary Anning was born and had her first fossil shop, now the Lyme Regis Museum
1842 sketch of Anning's house
Blue Lias cliffs, Lyme Regis