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 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)