12 Facts About Caroline Birley

Caroline Birley was an English geologist, fossil collector and children's author.

Caroline Birley's brother, Francis, was an amateur footballer who won the FA Cup three times in the 1870s and made two appearances for England.

Caroline Birley's uncle was Hugh Birley, who was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Manchester from 1868 to 1883.

In 1887, Caroline Birley joined the British Association for the Advancement of Science following the Association's conference in Manchester.

Between 1887 and 1905, Caroline Birley regularly travelled abroad to collect geological specimens, usually accompanied by her friend Louisa Copland.

Caroline Birley visited Ormara in Baluchistan ; her collection of fossiliferous nodules was given to Richard Bullen Newton who described them in detail in the July 1905 edition of The Geological Magazine, with Woodward adding a further note.

Caroline Birley wrote several books for children, many of which were published by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge.

Caroline Birley spent most of her days in the British Museum, naming and arranging her specimens.

Caroline Birley's health continued to deteriorate in the autumn, but she still continued to label her latest finds, which included a large slab of New Red Sandstone from the Stourton Quarries near Birkenhead with Labyrinthodont footprints on its surface.

Caroline Birley was buried at Lingfield Church, Surrey, near the home of her brother, Francis.

Caroline Birley's will directed that most of her collection of geological specimens should be donated to the London Natural History Museum, with any material not wanted there to be passed to the Manchester Museum, with the request that her material should be labelled as belonging to the "Caroline Birley Collection".

Caroline Birley's obituary, published in The Geological Magazine, said of her:.