John Young
The taxon authority John Young may refer to:
- Mr (later Dr) John Young LLD (1823–1900), Scottish geologist and bryozoologist
- Professor John Young MD FGS (1835–1902), Scottish palaeontologist
- John MacBean Young (1942–2013), New Zealand bacteriologist and plant pathologist
- John W. Young - Francisella opportunistica
- John Zachary Young (1907–1997), English zoologist, Cirroctopoda
Note: John Young (1823–1900) and John Young (1835–1902) co-authored several papers, each worked at the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Museum, and they are often confused.
References
edit- Wyse Jackson, P.N. & Clark, N.D.L. 2018. Young2: the palaeobryozoological work of John Young and John Young of Glasgow. Annals of Bryozoology 6: 191–208. ResearchGate . PDF. Reference page.