Offa was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in July 796. Continue reading
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Paul Berg Developed DNA Gene Splicing
Paul Berg, molecular biologist performed the first DNA gene splicing at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA in 1973. Continue reading
Dolly Gives Birth to Bonnie The Sheep
Dolly, the first cloned sheep gave birth to a female lamb, Bonnie Continue reading
Mary Anning
Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for important finds she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset in Southwest England. Continue reading
The Anatomy of Plants Treatise
English botanist and physician Nehemiah Grew wrote a treatise, The Anatomy of Plants in 1682 Continue reading
Mary Anning Discovered Pterodactyl Skeleton
Mary Anning discovered her true calling as a palaeontologist at the age of 12, upon discovering the first authenticated ichthyosaur skeleton Continue reading
Frank Calvert Excavated Troy
Frank Calvert, a British expatriate and diplomat purchased a great mound at Hisarlik, Turkey suspected to be the ancient city of Troy. Continue reading
Ian Wilmut
Sir Ian Wilmut, OBE FRS FMedSci FRSE (born 7 July 1944) is an English biologist, embryologist and Chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Continue reading
Chinese Astronomers Discover Supernova 1054
Chinese astronomers observed a supernova in the constellation of Taurus Continue reading
Mary Anning Unearths an Ichthyosaur Fossil
Mary Anning, English fossil hunter discovered and excavated an entire ichthyosaur fossil Continue reading