Early British Palaeontology trivia. Divorce was impossible till 1857. It's unusual, wife of Gideon Mantell, Mary, seperated in 1839 Mary illustrated works of her husband to rather condescending credit The dispute between the pair complicates attributing discovery of the first dinosaur (Iguanodon)
Natalia (娜塔莉)Weird facts about early British Palaeontologists. Adam Sedgwick, accepting the position of Professor of Geology at Cambridge, had to be celibate & married to his work. William Buckland (father of dinosaurs) decided to name 1 of his 9 kids, Adam Sedgwick Buckland, to compensate for his lack of heirs.