Mary Freeman (29 March 1924 - 4 March 2018), known professionally by her maiden name of Mary Whitear, was an English marine biologist and lecturer at University College London from 1947 to 1989.
She was known for her attempts to determine the skin colour of extinct animals such as the
ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurs (Ancient Greek for "fish lizard" – and ) are large extinct marine reptiles. Ichthyosaurs belong to the order known as Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia ('fish flippers' – a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1842, altho ...
and her meticulous drawings of fossils. Her husband was the zoologist
Richard Broke Freeman. In retirement she took up the local history of Tavistock, Devon.
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Mary Whitear's research
1924 births
2018 deaths
People from Teignmouth
Academics of University College London
English marine biologists
Historians of Devon
Women marine biologists
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
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