Mary Anning (1799-1847), paleontologist and "the greatest fossilist the world ever knew".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference

Journey (Works, ix. 43) speaks of 'Mr. Janes the fossilist.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Johnson]

It is well shaded by tall ash trees, of a species, as Mr. Janes the fossilist informed me, uncommonly valuable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference

One purpose of it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward, the fossilist, a man not really or justly contemptible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2] Reference