Dr Mary Julia Wade (3 February 1928 — 14 September 2005) was an Australian paleontologist, perhaps best known for her work on the late Precambrian Ediacaran biota in South Australia.
Mary was a graduate of the University of Adelaide (BSc Honours 1954, PhD 1959), South Australia, where she was employed up until 1971. Between 1971 — 1993 she worked for the Queensland Museum, becoming Deputy Director in 1980. She became an Honorary Research Associate of the Queensland Museum after retiring in 1993.
Famous quotes containing the words mary and/or wade:
“Life is in the mouth; death is in the mouth.”
—Hawaiian saying no. 60, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)
“I am in blood
Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)