List of taxonomic authorities by name
Following is a partial list of taxonomic authorities by name — for taxonomists with some common surnames.
Adams
- Andrew Leith Adams, Scottish zoologist
- Arthur Adams, English physician and naturalist, brother of Henry Adams
- Charles Baker Adams, American conchologist
- Charles Dennis Adams, botanist
- Henry Adams, English naturalist and conchologist, brother of Arthur Adams
- Johannes Michael Friedrich Adams, Russian botanist
- Joseph Edison Adams, botanist
- Laurence George Adams, botanist
- Robert Phillip Adams, botanist
Chandler
- Donald S. Chandler, an entomologist
- Gregory T. Chandler, a botanist
- Harry Phylander Chandler, an American entomologist
- Marjorie E.J. Chandler, an English paleobotanist
- Peter Chandler, an entomologist
Clark
See for species named after taxonomic authorities named Clark.- Austin Hobart Clark, American zoologist
- Benjamin Preston Clark, English entomologist
- Eugenie Clark, ichthyologist
- Hubert Lyman Clark, zoologist specialist of echinoderms
- James Michael Clark
- John Clark, Australian entomologist
- John L. Clark, botanist
Gray
See for species named after taxonomic authorities named Graii.- Asa Gray, American botanist
- George Robert Gray, British zoologist; son of Samuel Frederick Gray
- John Edward Gray, British zoologist; son of Samuel Frederick Gray
- Michael R. Gray, Australian arachnologist
- Samuel Frederick Gray, British botanist
- Note: if the name refers to a botanist, it is most likely Samuel Frederick Gray; & if it refers to a zoologist it is most likely John Edward Gray
Schneider
- Gotthard Schneider, German lichenologist and teacher
- Johann Gottlob Schneider, German classicist and naturalist
- Camillo Karl Schneider, Austrian botanist
- Scott Alexander Schneider, American coccidologist
Smith
See for species named after taxonomic authorities named Smith.Thomson
- Carl Gustaf Thomson, Swedish entomologist - Thomson is his official abbreviation
- James Thomson, American entomologist
- Scott Thomson, Australian taxonomist and palaeontologist. Generally abbreviated as S. Thomson
- Thomas Thomson, British physician and botanist - Thomson is his official botanical author abbreviation according to IPNI
Walker
See for species named after taxonomic authorities named Walker.- Alick Donald Walker, British palaeontologist
- Bryant Walker, American amateur malacologist
- Cyril Alexander Walker, British palaeontologist
- Edmund Murton Walker, Canadian entomologist
- Francis Walker, entomologist
- Warren F. Walker