Natural History Museum in Tring seeks blue plaque for pioneering fossil hunter Dorothea Bate
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Matthew Lockwood, Christopher Day
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The Natural History Museum in Tring is seeking permission to install a blue plaque honoring Dorothea Bate, a pioneering female scientist and fossil hunter who worked at the museum in the early 20th century. Bate was a paleontologist and ornithologist who made significant discoveries of fossil mammals, particularly on Mediterranean islands. The proposed plaque would be placed on the wall of the original museum cottage on Akeman Street in Tring, highlighting her fascination with wildlife and nature.
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· 3 pulledDorothea Bate was a pioneering female scientist and fossil hunter who worked at the museum in the early 20th century.
If permission for the plaque is granted it would be fixed to the wall of the original cottage of the museum on Akeman Street, facing Park Street, in Tring
The plaque for Dorothea Bate will highlight her fascination with wildlife and nature.
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