Goodhue Thomas W
Endeavour. 2005 Mar;29(1):28-32. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2004.11.004.
The fossil hunter Mary Anning began collecting her 'curiosities' at a time when the age and nature of these relics from the past were little understood. Her spectacular discoveries of prehistoric marine reptiles, fossilized fish and a pterosaur touched off a geology-mania around the world. Two documents that have escaped previous analysis cast light on the religious journey of this remarkable woman. An eight-page manuscript at the Natural History Museum in London indicates a fascination with Benjamin West's painting 'Christ Rejected' and sophistication in Biblical interpretation; and a commonplace book at the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester tracks the shift in her Christian denomination from dissent to the Established Church, providing further indication of her spiritual depth - a piety that furthered, rather than hindered, her scientific progress.
化石猎人玛丽·安宁在人们对这些来自过去的遗迹的年代和性质知之甚少的时候，就开始收集她的“奇珍异宝”了。她对史前海洋爬行动物、化石鱼类和翼龙的惊人发现引发了一场席卷全球的地质学热潮。两份此前未被分析过的文献揭示了这位非凡女性的宗教历程。伦敦自然历史博物馆的一份八页手稿表明她对本杰明·韦斯特的画作《被拒绝的基督》着迷，且在圣经解读方面颇有造诣；而多切斯特多塞特郡博物馆的一本摘录簿则记录了她的基督教教派从非国教派转变为英国国教的过程，进一步显示出她的精神深度——这种虔诚推动而非阻碍了她的科学进步。
