Dorothea Bate
Dorothea Bate | |
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Bate in Valletta, Malta, 1934 | |
| Born | 8 November 1878 Carmarthen, Wales |
| Died | 13 January 1951 (aged 72) Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England |
| Education | At home and Natural History Museum, London |
| Occupations | |
| Known for | Discovery and identification of animal fossils |
| Awards | Wollaston Fund |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Natural History Museum, London |
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.