Bate, Dorothea. Discovering Dorothea;the Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter Dorothea Bate, (2005), by Karolyn Shindler
Bate, Dorothea. Discovering Dorothea;the Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter Dorothea Bate, (2005), by Karolyn Shindler. Harper Collins, London, 1st edition, 390pp. Hardback in new condition. Bate (1879-1951), a pioneering palaeontolgist based in the Natural History Museum, London explored the mediterranean islands of the Balearics, Crete and cyprus, where she discovered fossil pygmy elephant, hippos and giant dormice all previously unknown to science.