Patrick Brownsey | |
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 Brownsey in 2019 | |
| Born | 5 May 1948 Wells, Somerset, England |
| Died | 3 November 2023 (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, taxonomy |
| Institutions | Te Papa |
| Thesis | An evolutionary study of the Asplenium lepidum complex (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Irene Manton |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Brownsey |
Patrick John Brownsey (5 May 1948 – 3 November 2023) was a British-born New Zealand botanist who specialised in the systematics of New Zealand ferns, and was for 44 years curator of botany at the National Museum of New Zealand and Te Papa.