<P> After her death in 1847 , her unusual life story attracted increasing interest . An uncredited author in All the Year Round , edited by Charles Dickens , wrote of her in 1865 that `` ( t ) he carpenter 's daughter has won a name for herself , and has deserved to win it . '' It has often been claimed that her story was the inspiration for the 1908 tongue - twister `` She sells seashells on the seashore '' by Terry Sullivan . In 2010 , one hundred and sixty - three years after her death , the Royal Society included Anning in a list of the ten British women who have most influenced the history of science . </P>
<P> After her death in 1847 , her unusual life story attracted increasing interest . An uncredited author in All the Year Round , edited by Charles Dickens , wrote of her in 1865 that `` ( t ) he carpenter 's daughter has won a name for herself , and has deserved to win it . '' It has often been claimed that her story was the inspiration for the 1908 tongue - twister `` She sells seashells on the seashore '' by Terry Sullivan . In 2010 , one hundred and sixty - three years after her death , the Royal Society included Anning in a list of the ten British women who have most influenced the history of science . </P>
who wrote sally sells seashells by the seashore
who wrote sally sells seashells by the seashore
Terry Sullivan
Terry Sullivan