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Worth Wade

(1903-1986)
Pennsylvania

Worth Wade was Prominent patent lawyer, publisher, and book collector. He lived in Germantown, and late in his career, served as director of patents and licensing for the American Viscose Corporation. [Source: Obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 11, 1986] [His poem, "Blue Norther" is included in various anthologies. "In later years, he capped his lifelong interest in poetry by learning to compose Haiku, the traditional form of Japanese poetry." Id.]