This is a list of notable zoologists who have published names of new

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* Abe – Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996) * Abeille de Perrin, Ab. –

Elzéar Abeille de Perrin Elzéar Emmanuel Arène Abeille de Perrin (3 January 1843, Marseille – 9 October 1910, Marseille) was a French entomologist. Abeille de Perrin was a lawyer in Marseille. He gave all his free time to entomology and was a member of the Sociét� ...

(1843–1910) * Able – Kenneth W. Able (born 1945) * Abbott, C.C. Abbott –

Charles Conrad Abbott Charles Conrad Abbott (June 4, 1843 – July 27, 1919) was an American archaeologist and naturalist. Biography Abbott was born at Trenton, New Jersey, son of Timothy and Susan (Conrad) Abbott; grandson of Joseph and Anne (Rickey) Abbott, and a ...

(1843–1919) general zoology * C. Abbott – Charles Abbot (1761–1817) entomology * J. Abbott – John Abbot (1751–1841) entomology, ornithology * W. Abbott, Abbott – William Louis Abbott (1860–1936) mainly ornithology * Acerbi –

Giuseppe Acerbi Giuseppe Acerbi (May 3, 1773August 25, 1846) was an Italian naturalist, explorer and composer. Biography Giuseppe Acerbi was born on May 3, 1773, in Castel Goffredo, in Lombardy. He was an Italian naturalist, explorer and composer. In 1798, ...

(1773–1846) * Acero – Arturo Acero Pizarro (born 1954) * Adams, Ad. –

Charles Baker Adams Charles Baker Adams (January 11, 1814 – January 19, 1853) was an American educator and naturalist. Biography He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1814, the son of Charles J. Adams and Hannah Baker. He graduated from Phillips Academy in ...

(1814–1853) malacology * A. Adams – Arthur Adams (1820–1878) mostly marine animals * A.L. Adams –

Andrew Leith Adams Andrew Leith Adams FRSE, FRS (21 March 1827 – 29 July 1882) was a Scottish physician, naturalist and geologist. He was the father of the writer Francis Adams.Gaston, A. J. in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Volume 1. pp. 222–223 ...

(1827–1882) vertebrate paleontology * D.B. Adams – Daniel B. Adams (

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1979) paleontology * E. Adams – Edward Adams (1824–1856) * H. Adams –

Henry Adams Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Fran ...

(1813–1877) malacology * Agassiz, Ag., L. Ag., Agass. –

Louis Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...

(1807–1873) ichthyology, paleontology * A. Agassiz, A. Ag. –

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer. Biography Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to ...

(1835–1910) mostly marine animals * Agenjo – Ramon Agenjo Cecilia (1908–1984) * Aguilera – Orangel Antonio Aguilera * D.R. de Aguilera – Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera * Ahl, E. Ahl –

Ernst Ahl Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl (1 September 1898 – 14 February 1945) was a German zoologist, born in Berlin. He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde. He was also the editor in chief of th ...

(1898–1943) herpetology, ichthyology * J.N. Ahl, Ahl – Jonas Niclas Ahl * Ahlquist – Jon Edward Ahlquist (fl. late 20th century) * Ahlstrom – Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910–1979) * Ahnelt – Harald Ahnelt * Aizawa – Masahiro Aizawa * Akama – Alberto Akama * Akihito – Emperor

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of Japan (born 1933) * Albert – James S. Albert * Albertis –

Luigi Maria d'Albertis Luigi Maria D'Albertis (21 November 1841 – 2 September 1901) was an Italian naturalist and explorer who, in 1875, became the first Italian to chart the Fly River in what is now called Papua New Guinea. He undertook three voyages up this rive ...

(1841–1901) * Alcock –

Alfred William Alcock Alfred William Alcock (23 June 1859 in Bombay – 24 March 1933 in Belvedere, Kent) was a British physician, naturalist, and carcinologist. Early life and education Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who re ...

(1859–1933) * Aldrovandi, Aldr. – Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) * Alexander, B. Alexander –

Boyd Alexander Lieutenant Boyd Alexander (16 January 1873 – 2 April 1910) was an English officer in the British Army, as well as an explorer and ornithologist. Early life Boyd was the oldest son (with a twin brother) of Lt Colonel Boyd Francis Alexander. ...

(1873–1910) ornithology * A. Alexander –

Annie Montague Alexander Annie Montague Alexander (29 December 1867 - 10 September 1950) was an explorer, naturalist, paleontological collector, and philanthropist. She founded the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoolo ...

(1867–1950) paleontology * C. Alexander, Alexander –

Charles Paul Alexander Charles Paul Alexander (September 25, 1889, Gloversville, New York - December 3, 1981) was an American entomologist who specialized in the craneflies, Tipulidae. Charles Paul Alexander was the son of Emil Alexander and Jane Alexander (née Parke ...

(1889–1981) entomology * H. Alexander –

Horace Alexander Horace Gundry Alexander (18 April 1889 – 30 September 1989) was an English Quaker teacher, writer, pacifist and ornithologist. He was the youngest of four sons of Joseph Gundry Alexander (1848–1918), two other sons being the ornithologists ...

(1889–1989) ornithology * W. Alexander –

Wilfred Backhouse Alexander Wilfrid Backhouse Alexander (4 February 1885 – 18 December 1965) was an English ornithologist and entomologist. He was a brother of Horace Alexander and Christopher James Alexander. Alexander was born at Croydon in Surrey, England in 1885, a ...

(1885–1965) entomology, ornithology * Alencar – José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (born 1953) * Alfaro – Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951) * Alifanov – Vladimir R. Alifanov * Allain – Ronan Allain (born 1974) * Allen – Edgar Johnson Allen (1866–1942) marine biology * Allen, J.A. Allen –

Joel Asaph Allen Joel Asaph Allen (July 19, 1838 – August 29, 1921) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, and ornithologist. He became the first president of the American Ornithologists' Union, the first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of ...

(1838–1921) ornithology, American mammals * A. Allen – Arthur Augustus Allen (1885–1964) ornithology * G.M. Allen – Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942) mainly mammals * G.R. Allen –

Gerald R. Allen Gerald Robert "Gerry" Allen (born March 26, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is an American-born Australian ichthyologist. His career began in 1963, when he spent a semester at the University of Hawaii, where he also received a PhD in marine zool ...

(born 1942) Ichthyology * H. Allen – Harrison Allen (1841–1897) Chiroptera * J.A. Allen – John A. Allen malacology * Allioni –

Carlo Allioni Carlo Allioni (23 September 1728 in Turin – 30 July 1804 in Turin) was an Italian physician and professor of botany at the University of Turin. His most important work was ''Flora Pedemontana, sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum P ...

(1728–1804) * Allman, Allm. – George James Allman (1812–1898) * Almeida-Toledo – Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo * Alströmer –

Clas Alströmer Baron Clas Alströmer (9 August 1736 – 5 March 1794) was a Swedish naturalist who was a student of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University. From 1760 to 1764 he traveled throughout Southern Europe, collecting plants for Linnaeus. He established a bot ...

(1736–1794), a pupil of Linnaeus * Amadon –

Dean Amadon Dean Arthur Amadon (June 5, 1912 – January 12, 2003) was an American ornithologist and an authority on birds of prey. Amadon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Arthur and Mary Amadon. He received a BS from Hobart College in 1934 and a Ph.D. ...

(1912–2003) * Ambrosio – Alfredo Ambrosio * Ameghino – Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911) * Amyot –

Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (23 September 1799, in Vendreeuv – 13 October 1866, in Paris) was a French lawyer and entomologist especially interested in the Hemiptera. After his father died, Amyot lived with a neighbor, a wealthy merchant, who ...

(1799–1866) * Ancey –

César Marie Félix Ancey César Marie Félix Ancey (15 November 1860 – 10 October 1906) was a French conchologist and entomologist. For 23 years Ancey was ‘conservateur’ of collections for Charles Oberthür (1845–1924) at Rennes. Ancey was then a ‘fonctionnaire ...

(1860–1906) * K. Andersen – Knud Andersen (born 1867, disappeared 1918) * Anderson, J. Anderson – John Anderson (1833–1900) Asian mammals and reptiles * R. Anderson – Rudolph Martin Anderson (1876–1961) mammals * S. Anderson – Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936) herpetology * W. Anderson – William Anderson (1750–1778) general zoology * André – Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891) * Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew – Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev (1910–2009) * Angas –

George French Angas George French Angas (25 April 1822 – 4 October 1886), also known as G.F.A., was an English explorer, naturalist, painter and poet who emigrated to Australia. His paintings are held in a number of important Australian public art collections. ...

(1822–1886) * Annandale –

Nelson Annandale Thomas Nelson Annandale CIE FRSE (15 June 1876, in Edinburgh – 10 April 1924, in Calcutta) was a British zoologist, entomologist, anthropologist, and herpetologist. He was the founding director of the Zoological Survey of India. Life The eld ...

(1876–1924) * Anthony – Harold Elmer Anthony (1890–1970) * Antunes –

Miguel Telles Antunes Dr. Miguel Telles Antunes (born 11 January 1937; Lisbon) is a famous Portuguese academic, specializing in paleontology, zooarchaeology, and geology. Antunes is a ranking member of various institutions, including the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, N ...

(born 1937) * Apesteguía – Sebastián Apesteguía * Appellöf –

Adolf Appellöf Jakob Johan Adolf Appellöf ( Garda on Gotland 2 November 1857 – Uppsala 5 January 1921) was a Swedish marine zoologist. Appellöf matriculated at Uppsala University in 1877, earned his PhD in 1886 and became a docent of zoology in 1887. In 18 ...

(1857–1921) * Archbold –

Richard Archbold Richard Archbold (April 9, 1907 – August 1, 1976) was an American zoologist and philanthropist. He was independently wealthy, being the grandson of the capitalist John Dustin Archbold. He was educated at private schools, and later attended cla ...

(1907–1976) * Archer – William Archer (1830?–1897) microorganisms * M. Archer – Michael Archer (born 1945) mammals, paleontology * Arcucci – Andrea B. Arcucci * Arrow –

Gilbert John Arrow Gilbert John Arrow (20 December 1873 London- 5 October 1948) was an English entomologist. Gilbert was the son of John Garner Arrow of Streatham, London. He initially trained as an architect but took an interest in insects from 1896 during which t ...

(1873–1948) * Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. – Peter Artedi (1705–1735) * Asano – Nagao Asano * Ascanius fl.1772 * Ashmead – William Harris Ashmead (1855–1908) * Asso –

Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Rio Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of se ...

(1742–1814) * Atkinson –

William Stephen Atkinson William Stephen Atkinson (September 1820 – 15 January 1876, Rome) was a British lepidopterist who worked for much of his life in India. William was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas D. Atkinson, of Chesterton, in Suffolk. He became interested in na ...

(1820–1876) * Aubé, Aub. – Charles Aubé (1802–1869) * Audebert, Audeb. –

Jean-Baptiste Audebert Jean Baptiste Audebert (1759 – December 1800) was a French artist and naturalist. Life Audebert was born at Rochefort. He studied painting and drawing at Paris, and gained reputation as a miniature-painter. Employed in preparing plates f ...

(1759–1800) * Audubon, Audub. –

John James Audubon John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictori ...

(1785–1851) * Aurivillius, P. Aurivillius, Auriv. –

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Coleo ...

(1853–1928) entomology * C. Aurivillius – Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854–1899) * S. Aurivillius – Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892–1928) marine zoology * Ausserer, Auss. –

Anton Ausserer Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographia aranearum, Les ...

(1907–1976) * Ayling – Tony Ayling (born 1947) * Ayres, W.O. Ayres –

William Orville Ayres William Orville Ayres (September 11, 1817 – April 30, 1887) was an American physician and ichthyologist. Born in Connecticut, he studied to become a doctor at Yale University School of Medicine. Life and career Ayers, the son of Jared an ...

(1805–1887) ichthyology * J.M. Ayres –

José Márcio Ayres José Márcio Corrêa Ayres (February 21, 1954 – March 7, 2003) was a Brazilian primatologist and conservationist who founded the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in 1996, followed by the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve in 199 ...

(1954–2003) primates * Azara, Az. – Félix de Azara (1746–1821) * Azmi – Azmi Ambak ichthyology * Azuma – Yoichi Azuma

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* Bachman – John Bachman (1790–1874) * Bailey – Steven Bailey zoology * R.G. Bailey –

Roland G. Bailey {{Short pages monitor – Ronald E. Watson * Weber – Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852–1937) general zoology, mainly vertebrates * H. Weber, Weber – Hermann Weber (1899–1956) * Wegrzynowicz – Piotr Węgrzynowicz * Weigold – Hugo Weigold (1886–1973) * Weishampel – David B. Weishampel (born 1952) * Welles – Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997) * West – Rick C. West arachnology * Westwood – John O. Westwood (1805–1893) * Wetmore – Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978) * Weyenbergh – Hendrik Weyenbergh, Jr. (1842–1885) * Wheeler – William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937) * Whitaker – Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist), Joseph Whitaker ornithology * White – Adam White (zoologist), Adam White (1817–1878) * Whitley – Gilbert Percy Whitley (1903–1975) * Wiedemann – Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840) * Wied-Neuwied – Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867) * Wiegmann – Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841) * Williams – James David Williams (1941–2021) * Williamson – Thomas Edward Williamson * Wilsmore – Leonora Jessie Wilsmore (1865–1945) * Wilson – Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) ornithology * E.O. Wilson – Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021) * J.A. Wilson – Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology * Wiman – Carl Wiman (1867–1944) * Wingate – David B. Wingate (born 1935) * Winge – Herluf Winge (1857–1923) * Wirjoatmodjo – Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo * Wolfe – Douglas Gerald Wolfe * Wood, W. Wood – William Wood (zoologist), William Wood (1774–1857) entomology * C.T. Wood, Wood – Charles Thorold Wood (1777–1852) ornithology * Wood-Mason – James Wood-Mason (1846–1893) * Woodhouse – Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821–1904) * Woodward – Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944) * Wroughton – R. C. Wroughton (1849–1921)

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* Xantus – John Xantus de Vesey (1825–1894) * Xu – Xu Xing (paleontologist), Xing Xu

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* Yamaguchi, Yamaguti – Masao Yamaguchi * Yamaguti Satyu Yamaguti (1894–1976) parasitology * Yamanoue – Yusuke Yamanoue * Yang, Young – Zhongjian Yang (1897–1979) * Yarrell – William Yarrell (1784–1856) * Yoseda – Kenzo Yoseda * You – Heilu Go Pak You * Young – David Allan Young (1915–1991) Hemiptera, especially Cicadellidae

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{{compact ToC, side=yes, top=yes, num=yes * Zaddach – Ernst Gustav Zaddach (1817–1881) * Zagulajev, Zagulayev – Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulajev (1924–2007) * Zanno – Lindsay E. Zanno * Zeledon – José Castulo Zeledón (1846–1923) * Zeller – Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808–1883) * Zetterstedt – Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874) * B./B.K./B.-K. Zhang – Bao-kun Zhang * F./F.C./F.-C. Zhang – Fucheng Zhang * Zhao – Xijin Zhao * S. Zhou – Shiwu Zhou (born 1940) * Z./Z.H.Z.-H. Zhou – Zhonghe Zhou (born 1965) * Zimmer – John Todd Zimmer (1889–1957) * Zimmermann – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815) * Zincken – Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856) * Zirngiebl – Lothar Zirngiebl (1902–1973) * Zittel – Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904) * Zur Strassen – Otto zur Strassen (1869–1961)

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