Dear all,
Andy's short characterization of Mary Petersen, based on meeting her during
the 1st IPC Sydney, is to the point and matches my first impression. I had
to miss the 2nd IPC in Copenhagen (gave priority to an expedition to the
Cape Verde Islands), but could visit Mary in her home and annexe (the
Zool.Mus. Copenhagen) in 2000, when I had my second chance to do some work
there. She was almost invisible/unfindable in her room, hidden behind all
kinds of cupboards in and outside that cubicle. And indeed Geoff, she had
unusual working hours, even cooked a meal for us in the lab. Floyd
Sandford's contribution too characterizes Mary, a short note generally led
to long answers, and not only on polychaetes, but also on nature, garden,
or whatever. One of my last exchanges with her, a couple of years ago, was
on *A Dutch Village. It only has the canals, no roads.* She sent me a
series of photographs, which I recognized as being from Giethoorn (check it
on Google Earth, it is amazing). *Chaetopterus* . . . . not *variopedatus .
. .*, indeed my suspect identification of a specimen collected by me in
Ambon (Indonesia) was corrected by Mary. Her extensive knowledge of
polychaetes already was mentioned by Jim.
Harry ten Hove
2014-07-07 16:58 GMT+02:00 Andy Mackie <Andy.Mackie from museumwales.ac.uk>:
>> Thanks Jim for letting everyone know. I last saw Mary at the Portland
> Polychaete Conference you organized in 2007. In recent years, she has been
> difficult to contact and I know a number of us have been concerned for her.
>> I first met Mary at the 1st Polychaete Conference in Sydney in 1983. She
> was like a whirlwind and no-one could get a word in edgeways! Cricket
> indeed* :-) Overflowing with information, she was a true
> force-of-nature. Like many others I would correspond with her about some
> polychaete question and would receive 10 pages (with sketches) by return.
> The 2nd Polychaete Conference in Copenhagen was her finest hour. She was
> in her element, and I and others will remember being invited back to her
> house ... as if she didn't have enough to do. The Proceedings were a real
> labour of love and they duly arrived, complete with an index.
>> Mary will be long remembered and missed. It has been strange attending
> recent Polychaete Conferences without her being there.
>> Andy
>> * Dr. Mary Elizabeth "Cricket" Petersen, (8 Feb. - Nyack, New York) 1938-,
> US-Danish polychaetologist at the Zoologisk Museum, København (Copenhagen).
> US citicen, but resident in Denmark since 1965 [Ampharete petersenae
> Jirkov, 1997, Magelona petersenae Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1991,
> Aphelochaeta petersenae J.A. Blake, 1996].
>> >From http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.p.html> Compiled by Hans G Hansson (much missed also)
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> Dr Andrew S. Y. Mackie F.L.S.
> Invertebrate Biodiversity Section Head, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
> Wales
> * Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
> * President, International Polychaetological Association (
>http://www.polychaeteassoc.com)
> * Honorary Chairman, Porcupine Marine Natural History Society (
>http://www.pmnhs.co.uk)
> * Research Gate (http://www.researchgate.net)
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>>>>>>> On 07/07/2014 15:09, "James Blake" <jablake9 from gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear colleagues,
>> I have learned via Les Watling and others at the Darling Marine Center, the
> sad news that Dr. Mary Petersen passed away yesterday morning (7 July)
> after a short battle with cancer.
>> I have many memories of Mary's friendship, generosity and willingness to
> share her extensive knowledge of polychaetes to whomever needed it. I am
> certain that there will many memories of her posted in the days to follow.
>> Jim
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