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Meade was born near Dripping Springs in Hays County in central [[Texas]] but reared in Pollock in Grant Parish north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Science in [[Geology]] and a [[Master of Arts]] in History from Louisiana Tech. He obtained his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] during the [[Korean War]], in which capacity he received the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Medal, and the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal.<ref name=tmtobit>{{cite web|url=http://obituaries.tylerpaper.com/obituaries/tylerpaper/obituary.aspx?n=c-wade-meade&pid=176293429&fhid=6513#sthash.XB08q31L.dpuf|title=C. Wade Meade obituary|publisher=''Tyler Morning Telegraph''|location=Tyler, Texas|date=November 1, 2015|accessdate=November 28, 2015}]</ref>

Meade was born near Dripping Springs in Hays County in central [[Texas]] but reared in Pollock in Grant Parish north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Science in [[Geology]] and a [[Master of Arts]] in History from Louisiana Tech. He obtained his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] during the [[Korean War]], in which capacity he received the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Medal, and the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal.<ref name=tmtobit>{{cite web|url=http://obituaries.tylerpaper.com/obituaries/tylerpaper/obituary.aspx?n=c-wade-meade&pid=176293429&fhid=6513#sthash.XB08q31L.dpuf|title=C. Wade Meade obituary|publisher=''Tyler Morning Telegraph''|location=Tyler, Texas|date=November 1, 2015|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref>

Meade wrote  five history books, including ''The Road to Babylon'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L9ADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=c.+wade+meade+of+university+of+texas&source=bl&ots=3St8Q2qqYZ&sig=Hz-GloKsEz-tnPQj-vgPBPNFRuc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBmoVChMIw8PS8r7wyAIVRT0-Ch2JrgVB#v=onepage&q=c.%20wade%20meade%20of%20university%20of%20texas&f=false|title=C. Wade Meade|publisher=''The Alcalde''|date=July 1974|page=30|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, he published ''Seat of the world : The Palatine of Ancient Rome.''<ref name=thepalatine>{{cite book|url=http://www.abebooks.fr/Seat-world-tha-palatine-ancient-Roma/13762974395/bd|title=''Seat of the World: The Palatine of Ancient Rome''|publisher=abebooks|author=C. Wade Meade|date=2013|isbn=9788882657680|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> He was working on a sixth book at the time of his death in Tyler, Texas, shortly after his 83rd birthday. At Louisiana Tech, he held the Garnie W. McGinty Chair of History and was the history museum director.<ref name=tmtobit/> From 1970 to 2000, he taught history and archaeology in the Louisiana Tech-Rome studies program abroad. After retiring from Louisiana Tech, he taught from 2007 to 2013 at the University of Texas at Tyler in Smith County.<ref name=thepalatine/>

Meade wrote  five history books, including ''The Road to Babylon'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L9ADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=c.+wade+meade+of+university+of+texas&source=bl&ots=3St8Q2qqYZ&sig=Hz-GloKsEz-tnPQj-vgPBPNFRuc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBmoVChMIw8PS8r7wyAIVRT0-Ch2JrgVB#v=onepage&q=c.%20wade%20meade%20of%20university%20of%20texas&f=false|title=C. Wade Meade|publisher=''The Alcalde''|date=July 1974|page=30|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, he published ''Seat of the world : The Palatine of Ancient Rome.''<ref name=thepalatine>{{cite book|url=http://www.abebooks.fr/Seat-world-tha-palatine-ancient-Roma/13762974395/bd|title=''Seat of the World: The Palatine of Ancient Rome''|publisher=abebooks|author=C. Wade Meade|date=2013|isbn=9788882657680|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref> He was working on a sixth book at the time of his death in Tyler, Texas, shortly after his 83rd birthday. At Louisiana Tech, he held the Garnie W. McGinty Chair of History and was the history museum director.<ref name=tmtobit/> From 1970 to 2000, he taught history and archaeology in the Louisiana Tech-Rome studies program abroad. After retiring from Louisiana Tech, he taught from 2007 to 2013 at the University of Texas at Tyler in Smith County.<ref name=thepalatine/>