(1700–1767) was an English clergyman and academic, Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford, from 1756.
In 1726 he published an edition of the Latin poems of Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII.
Joseph Browne was elected Fellow 1 April 1731, and became a successful tutor; took the degree of D.D.
In that year, he was appointed Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy and held that office until his death.
On 3 December 1756, Browne was elected Provost of Queen's College.