List of taxonomic authorities by name

Following is a list of taxonomic authorities by name:

Adams

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

Clark

• Austin Hobart Clark (1880-1954), an American zoologist
• Benjamin Preston Clark, an English entomologist
• Eugenie Clark (born 1922) (E. Clark), an ichthyologist
• Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947) (H.L. Clark), a zoologist specialist of echinoderms
• James Michael Clark (J.M. Clark)
• John Clark (entomologist) (1885-1956), an Australian entomologist
• John L. Clark (J.L.Clark), a botanist

Gray

• Asa Gray (1810-1888), an American botanist (IPNI = A.Gray)
• George Robert Gray (1808–1872), a British zoologist; Son of Samuel Frederick Gray
• John Edward Gray (1800-1875), a British zoologist; Son of Samuel Frederick Gray (IPNI=J.E.Gray)
• Michael R. Gray, an Australian arachnologist
• Samuel Frederick Gray (1766-1828), a British botanist (IPNI = Gray)

Note if the name refers to a botanist, it is most likely Samuel Frederick Gray, if it refers to a zoologist it is more likely to be John Edward Gray

Schneider

• Gotthard Schneider (Gotth.Schneider), a German lichenologist and teacher
• Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750–1822), a German classicist and naturalist
• Camillo Karl Schneider (C.K.Schneid., 1876-1951), an Austrian botanist

Smith

See List of taxonomic authorities named Smith

Thomson

• Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824–1899), a Swedish entomologist - Thomson is his official abbreviation
• James Thomson (entomologist) (1828-1897), an American entomologist
• Scott Thomson (taxonomist) (born 1966), an Australian taxonomist and palaeontologist (turtles). Generally abbreviated as S. Thomson
• Thomas Thomson (botanist) (1817-1878), a British physician and botanist - Thomson is his official botanical author abbreviation according to IPNI

Walker

• Alick Donald Walker (A. Walker, 1925–1999), a British paleontologist
• Bryant Walker (1856-1936), an American amateur malacolgist
• Cyril Alexander Walker (1939–2009), a British palaeontologist
• Edmund Murton Walker (E.M. Walker, 1877–1969), a Canadian entomologist
• Francis Walker (entomologist) (F. Walker, 1809-1874), an entomologist
• Warren F. Walker (W.F. Walker)