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Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs Book
Anyone interested in dinosaurs will know the name Mantell and link it to one of the first dinosaurs in the world to be discovered--Iguanodon. Algernon Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) was primarily a country doctor who also seriously "dabbled" in fossils. But beyond his published work about fossils it has been difficult until now to find out much reliable information about him. There are plenty of stories associated with the discovery of the Iguanodon fossils. The most popular one recounts that Mantell's wife found them by chance, while waiting for Mantell to see a patient. It gives a nice conservative sense of Victorian family values but Dennis Dean finally debunks this myth once and for all. Largely, Mantell has been relegated to an "also ran" in the story of how the dinosaurs were … read more...
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