And as this is damesnet, I decided to add a sixth guideline for my personal use: the nominated person should be a woman.\u00a0 And a very small amount of research has thrown up the following initial suggestions, which I list in alphabetical order, so no preference.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Mary Anning, Plesiosaur\/jtweedie 1976\/flickr<\/p><\/div>\n
Mary Anning<\/strong> (1799-1847) overcame a lack of formal education to become the greatest fossil finder of her era, powerfully influencing the new science of palaeontology.<\/p>\n A specimen she discovered jointly with her brother provided the data for the first ever scientific paper about the ichthyosaur. She discovered and drew the first ever complete specimen of a plesiosaur; her discovery of fossilized faeces allowed ancient animal diets to be deduced; and she discovered a fossil fish that bridged sharks and rays. All of this was achieved before her thirtieth birthday.<\/p>\n Her advice guided the work of many of highest-ranking geologists and palaeontologists of her day. Her discoveries formed the basis of the earliest popular portrayal of prehistoric species.<\/p>\n Rosalind Franklin\/Silverscreen\/flickr<\/p><\/div>\n Rosalind Franklin <\/strong>(1920-1958) earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Cambridge University. She studied crystallography and X-ray diffraction, techniques that she applied to DNA fibres. One of her photographs provided key insights into DNA structure. The photo was acquired through 100 hours of X-ray exposure from a machine Franklin herself had refined.<\/p>\n Franklin pioneered the use of X-rays to create images of crystalized solids in analysing complex, unorganized matter, not just single crystals.<\/p>\n Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin<\/strong> (1910-1994) is best known for her work in developing<\/p>\n<\/a>