Etheldred Benett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Etheldred Benett

British geologist & paleontologist

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1776

Place of Birth: Tisbury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1845

Profession: geologist, paleontologist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Etheldred Benett (July 22, 1776 – January 11, 1845) was an early English geologist often credited with being the "First Female Geologist".
Benett devoted much of her life collecting and studying fossils that she discovered in South West England.
Etheldred Benett’s fossil collection was considered one of the largest at the time.
She worked closely with many principal geologists of the time and her fossil collection 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]