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 (1827–1882), Scottish zoologist Arthur Adams (1820–1878), English physician and naturalist, brother of Henry Adams Charles Baker Adams (1814–1853), American conchologist Charles Dennis Adams (C.D.Adams, 1920–), botanist Henry Adams (1813–1877), English naturalist and conchologist, brother of Arthur Adams Johannes Michael Friedrich Adams (Adams, 1780–1838), Russian botanist Joseph Edison Adams (J.E.Adams, 1904–1981), botanist Laurence George Adams (L.G.Adams, 1929–), botanist Robert Phillip Adams (R.P.Adams, 1939–), botanist

Chandler Donald S. Chandler, an entomologist Gregory T. Chandler, a botanist Harry Phylander Chandler (1917–1955), 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 (1880–1954), American zoologist Benjamin Preston Clark, English entomologist Eugenie Clark (1922–2015) (E. Clark), ichthyologist Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947) (H.L. Clark), zoologist specialist of echinoderms James Michael Clark (J.M. Clark) John Clark (1885–1956), Australian entomologist John L. Clark (J.L.Clark), botanist

Gray See for species named after taxonomic authorities named Gray. Asa Gray (1810–1888), American botanist (IPNI=A.Gray) George Robert Gray (1808–1872), British zoologist; son of Samuel Frederick Gray John Edward Gray (1800–1875), British zoologist; son of Samuel Frederick Gray (IPNI=J.E.Gray) Michael R. Gray, Australian arachnologist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828), British botanist (IPNI =Gray)

Schneider Gotthard Schneider (Gotth.Schneider), German lichenologist and teacher Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750–1822), German classicist and naturalist Camillo Karl Schneider (C.K.Schneider, 1876–1951), Austrian botanist Scott Alexander Schneider (born 1982), American coccidologist

Smith See for species named after taxonomic authorities named Smith. See List of taxonomic authorities named Smith

Thomson Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824–1899), Swedish entomologist - Thomson is his official abbreviation James Thomson (1828–1897), American entomologist Scott Thomson (born 1966), Australian taxonomist and palaeontologist (turtles). Generally abbreviated as S. Thomson Thomas Thomson (1817–1878), 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 (A. Walker, 1925–1999), British palaeontologist Bryant Walker (1856–1936), American amateur malacologist Cyril Alexander Walker (1939–2009), British palaeontologist Edmund Murton Walker (E.M. Walker, 1877–1969), Canadian entomologist Francis Walker (F. Walker, 1809–1874), entomologist Warren F. Walker (W.F. Walker)

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