Claim: Veronica Burns led 19 field trips over a 27-year period and she was an enthusiastic collector of fossils, especially of graptolites from the Irish coast.
Evidence: Veronica Conroy Burns (November 13, 1914 – January 5, 1998) was an Irish museum curator, best known as an expert on graptolites. She led 19 field trips over a 27-year period. She was an enthusiastic collector of fossils, especially of graptolites from the Irish coast.