Patricia Bergquist

Dame Patricia Bergquist
Born
Patricia Rose Smyth

(1933-03-10)10 March 1933
Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Died9 September 2009(2009-09-09) (aged 76)
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma materAuckland University College
Spouse
Peter Leonard Bergquist
(m. 1958)
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
ThesisThe Demospongiae of New Zealand — systematics, distribution and relationships (1961)
Doctoral advisorsWilliam Roy McGregor
John Morton
Doctoral studentsMichelle Kelly-Borges
Jane Fromont

Dame Patricia Rose Bergquist DBE (née Smyth, 10 March 1933 – 9 September 2009) was a New Zealand zoologist who specialised in anatomy and taxonomy. At the time of her death, she was professor emerita of zoology and honorary professor of anatomy with radiology at the University of Auckland.