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Mary Horner Lyell (1808–1873) was a conchologist and geologist, and the wife of eminent geologist Charles Lyell, whom she assisted in his scientific work. It is considered likely that she made substantial contributions to her husband's work, although she did not become as widely known in her own right. == Biography == Born Mary Elizabeth Horner in 1808, she was the daughter of Leonard Horner, a professor of geology who taught in England and Germany. Leonard Horner was eager for his sons and daughters to be educated to a high level. Mary became a conchologist and geologist while her younger sister Katharine became a botanist. Her scientific work included the collection and study of land snails in the Canary Islands in 1854, a similar endeavor to that of Charles Darwin in studying the finches of the Galapagos.〔 In 1832 she married Charles Lyell, with whom she shared not only her love of geology but also a love of literature and friendship connections in the world of literature. Mary's sister Katherine married Charles Lyell's younger brother, Henry. Mary and Charles were scientific partners; she accompanied him on field trips and assisted him by sketching geological drawings, packing their clothes, equipment and specimens, cataloging their collections, learning Spanish and Swedish in addition to her spoken languages of French and German in order to assist with communications,〔 and acting as a scribe when his eyesight failed in later years.〔 Mary is known to have attended special meetings of the London Geological Society, and it is clear that she had a keen interest and a thorough understanding of geology. She corresponded in writing with Elizabeth Agassiz about the glacial geology of South America,〔 and was present in her husband's conversations with Charles Darwin, later assisting him by sourcing barnacles, which he acknowledged with a letter in which he also discussed the geology of Scottish glens. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Horner Lyell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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