Student helps reveal Anne Brontë’s skills in geology

Sally Jaspars says novelist's rock collection shows youngest Bronte sister was in tune with the scientific inquiry of the time'

A student has helped reveal that one of Britain's most famous authors was not only a talented writer but also a skilled rock collector with an active interest in geology.

Anne Bronte, the youngest of the three Bronte sisters, built up a collection of attractive specimens before her death at 29 in 1849.