# 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 All pages with titles containing Clarkii 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 All pages with titles containing Grayii 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 All pages with titles containing Smithii 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 All pages with titles containing Walkeri 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)