Victoria Louise "Tori" Herridge, born 1980, is a British palaeontologist who currently serves as a Senior Lecturer at the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

and one of the founders of

TrowelBlazers TrowelBlazers is a project aimed at increasing the representation of women in the fields of archaeology, geology and Paleontology, palaeontology. The project is run by Brenna Hassett, Victoria Herridge, Suzanne Pilaar Birch and Rebecca Wragg Sykes ...

. She is a founding editor-in-chief at the

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journal '' Open Quaternary''. She has written about evolution of island mammals, the ethics of cloning

mammoth A mammoth is any species of the extinct elephantid genus ''Mammuthus.'' They lived from the late Miocene epoch (from around 6.2 million years ago) into the Holocene until about 4,000 years ago, with mammoth species at various times inhabi ...

s, and the importance of studying the history of women in science. Herridge graduated with a first class degree in

biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

from

University College London University College London (Trade name, branded as UCL) is a Public university, public research university in London, England. It is a Member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the Federal university, federal Uni ...

in 2002. After a master's degree at

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

, she returned to University College London for a doctorate degree. She co-wrote ''Who Do You Think You Really Are?'' for the

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history scientific collection, collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, Fungus, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleo ...

(where Herridge formerly worked as a researcher), which was a Premier Award Winner in 2011. Herridge has presented

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documentaries and series such as the autopsy of the Maly Lyakhovsky Mammoth (aka "Buttercup"), ''Walking Through Time'', ''

Britain at Low Tide ''Britain at Low Tide'' (also known as ''Shoreline Detectives'') is an archaeology and social history television programme that debuted on Channel 4 in 2016, with further series in 2018 and 2019. It was originally co-hosted by former ''Time Team' ...

'' and ''Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herridge, Victoria British palaeontologists British women paleontologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British television presenters Alumni of University College London British women archaeologists