Mary E. White

For Mary Estelle Wright, the Canadian Classicist, see Mary White (classicist).

Mary E. White
AM
Born(1926-02-22)22 February 1926
South Africa
Died5 August 2018(2018-08-05) (aged 92)
Warrigal aged care complex
Cause of deathManslaughter
EducationUniversity of Cape Town
Known forAuthor
SpouseBill White
AwardsRiversleigh medal
Scientific career
FieldsPaleobotany
InstitutionsBureau of Mineral Resources
Australian Museum

Mary Elizabeth White AM (22 February 1926 – 5 August 2018) was an Australian paleobotanist and author, notable for collecting numerous plant fossils for the Australian Museum, describing a number of new plant fossil species, and authoring several well received, large format science books for the general readership including "The Greening of Gondwana" (1986) and successors.

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