Etheldred Benett

Etheldred Benett
Born	(1776-07-22)22 July 1776 Tisbury, Wiltshire, England
Died	11 January 1845(1845-01-11) (aged 68) Norton House, Norton Bavant
Resting place	Bavant Parish Church
Occupations	Fossil collector geologist

Etheldred Anna Maria Benett (22 July 1776 – 11 January 1845) was an early English geologist often credited with being the first female geologist, having devoted much of her life to collecting and studying fossils that she discovered in South West England. She worked closely with many principal geologists and her fossil collection, considered one of the largest at the time, played a part in the development of geology as a field of science.