List of taxonomic authorities by name explained

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 Graii.

• 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)
• 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 (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)

See also

• — alphabetical.
• — alphabetical.
• — all taxa fields, alphabetical.