Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Anne Brown (15 November 1956 – 17 November 2013) was a New Zealand-born Australian bryologist who primarily contributed to the systematics of liverworts.

Early life and education Brown was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 15 November 1956. Her father, John Brown (1928–2005), was a lecturer of plant physiology at the University of Auckland and a Test cricket umpire. Her mother was Barbara Brown (, 1929–1998). The title of her 1987 doctoral thesis was Studies in the New Zealand Aneuraceae.

Career and later life In 1989, Brown moved to New South Wales, Australia, to undertake a research fellowship at the National Herbarium of New South Wales. In 1993, she was appointed as a scientific officer, and later as systematic bryologist in 2000. Brown was also a lecturer at both the University of New England and the University of Sydney.

Brown died of liver cancer on 17 November 2013 at Tahmoor, New South Wales, at the age of 57.

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