Thomas Stewart Patrick

Thomas Stewart Patrick (December 5, 1944 – August 22, 2019) was an American botanist.^[1]

Thomas Stewart Patrick
Born	(1944-12-05)December 5, 1944 Geneva, New York, U.S.
Died	August 22, 2019(2019-08-22) (aged 74) Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Botanist
Employer	Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Spouse	Bretta Elaine Perkins

Career

Tom Patrick joined the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in 1986. He was the agency's first botanist.^[2]

Selected publications

• Patrick, Thomas S. (1984). "Trillium sulcatum (Liliaceae), a New Species of the Southern Appalachians". Brittonia. 36 (1). New York Botanical Garden: 26–36. doi:10.2307/2806287. JSTOR 2806287. S2CID 85116255.
• Patrick, Thomas S. (November 1987). "'…as if that sky let fall a flower from its cerulean wall'". Tipularia. 2 (1): 18–19. Retrieved 7 March 2025.