Dorothea Bate
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Dorothea Minola Alice Bate FGS (8 November 1878 – 13 January 1951), also known as Dorothy Bate, was a Welsh palaeontologist and pioneer of archaeozoology. Her life's work was to find fossils of recently extinct mammals with a view to understanding how and why giant and dwarf forms evolved.[3]
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Dorothea Bate | |
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![]() Bate in Valletta, Malta, 1934 | |
Born | 8 November 1878[1] Carmarthen, Wales |
Died | 13 January 1951(1951-01-13) (aged 72)[1] Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England |
Education | At home and Natural History Museum, London |
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Known for | Discovery and identification of animal fossils |
Awards | Wollaston Fund[2] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Natural History Museum, London |
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