in 1961. Bergquist was the first person to earn a doctoral degree in zoology from the University of Auckland.

In 1958, she married Peter Bergquist, a noted molecular biologist, and the couple went on to have one daughter.

Academic and research career

Following her doctorate, Patricia Bergquist studied overseas, initially at Yale University where she broadened her systematic expertise, before returning to New Zealand and becoming an educator and researcher at the University of Auckland

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