Gideon Mantell
(1790-1852)
Died aged c. 62
Wikidata WikipediaGideon Algernon Mantell MRCS FRS (3 February 1790 – 10 November 1852) was a British obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of Iguanodon began the scientific study of dinosaurs: in 1822 he was responsible for the discovery (and the eventual identification) of the first fossil teeth, and later much of the skeleton, of Iguanodon. Mantell's work on the Cretaceous of southern England was also important.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Here lived from 1833-1838 Gideon Algernon Mantell, geologist
20 Old Steine, Brighton, United Kingdom where they lived
Dr. Gideon A. Mantell F.R.S. surgeon and geologist born in Lewes 1790, died in London 1852 lived here he discovered the fossil bones of the prehistoric iguanodon in the Sussex Weald
High Street, Lewes, United Kingdom where they lived