Editing Mary Anning (section)

===Statue===
{{main article|Statue of Mary Anning}}
[[File:Head on view of the statue of Mary Anning.jpg|thumb|The statue of Anning in Lyme Regis|right|alt=A bronze statue of Mary Anning striding forward, with a pickaxe in one hand and a fossil in the other.|upright=.7]]

In August 2018, a campaign called "''Mary Anning Rocks''" was formed by an 11-year-old schoolgirl from Dorset, Evie Swire, supported by her mother Anya Pearson.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 January 2021 |title=Lyme Regis Mary Anning statue designs released |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-55546699 |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> The campaign was set up to remember Anning in her hometown of Lyme Regis by erecting a statue and creating a learning legacy in her name.<ref name="GuardianStatue">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/16/hopes-rise-for-statue-of-pioneering-fossil-hunter-mary-anning |title=Hopes rise for statue of pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 December 2019 |access-date=13 October 2020 |author=Addley, E.}}</ref> A crowdfunding campaign began but was put on hold due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]];<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Change of plans for Mary Anning's 221st birthday celebrations |url=https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/18426410.campaign-group-mary-anning-rocks-finds-new-ways-celebrate-mary-annings-birthday-coronavirus-pandemic/ |access-date=15 October 2020 |website=Bridport and Lyme Regis News |date=5 May 2020 |author=Davis, J.}}</ref> it resumed in November 2020, led by the charity ''Mary Anning Rocks''.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=23 November 2020 |title=Appeal launched for Mary Anning statue in Lyme Regis |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-55042431 |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> By January 2021, the sculptor Denise Dutton had been commissioned to produce the work.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="Davies2021">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/19/statue-fossil-hunter-mary-anning-erected-campaign-lyme-regis |title=Statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning to be erected after campaign |work=The Guardian |date=19 January 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021 |author=Davies, Caroline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The sculptor bringing Dorset palaeontologist Mary Anning to life {{!}} Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-sculptor-bringing-dorset-palaeontologist-mary-anning-to-life |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=artuk.org}}</ref> The statue was granted planning permission by Dorset Council for a space overlooking [[Black Ven]], where Anning made many of her finds. [[Alice Roberts|Professor Alice Roberts]] and Swire unveiled the statue on 21 May 2022, the 223rd anniversary of Anning's birth.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 January 2022 |title=Mary Anning: Lyme Regis statue of fossil-hunting pioneer approved |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-59846732 |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Statue of fossil-hunting pioneer Mary Anning to be unveiled in Dorset |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/21/mary-anning-fossil-hunting-pioneer-statue-lyme-regis-dorset |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=21 May 2022}}</ref>