Scott

The taxon authority Scott may refer to:

• Walter Scott (fl. 1995, W.Scott), botanist
• Alexander Walter Scott (1800–1883), English entomologist
• Andrew Scott, zoologist
• Andrew John Scott (A.J.Scott) (1950-), botanist
• Bradley R. Scott, palaeontologist
• Chad M. Scott, U.S. malacologist
• Charles Leslie Scott, (1913–2001) ​C.L.Scott, botanist
• Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854–1934), British paleobotanist
• Eric Oswald Gale Scott, Australian ichthyologist
• Fiona J. Scott (F.J.Scott), phycologist
• Gayle Scott, paleontologist
• George Anderson Macdonald Scott (1933–1998, G.A.M.Scott), botanist
• Harold William Scott, ostracodologist
• Hugh Scott (1885–1960), British entomologist
• Ian A.W. Scott, Australian herpetologist
• James Allan Scott (James A. Scott, the elder), lepidopterist
• James Alexander Scott (James A. Scott, the younger), Canadian mycologist and entomologist
• Jamon L. Scott, U.S. microbiologist
• John Scott (1823–1888), English entomologist
• John Scott (botanist, 1838–1880) (1838–1880, J.Scott), Scottish botanist
• Joseph L. Scott (J.L.Scott), phycologist
• Katherine M. F. Scott (1913–1998), entomologist
• Kathleen Marie Scott, U.S. paleontologist
• Matthew B. Scott, entomologist
• Norman J. Scott, U.S. herpetologist
• Peter Markham Scott (1909–1989), British ornithologist
• Randall W. Scott (fl. 2015, Randall W.Scott), botanist
• Richard Albert Scott, U.S. paleobotanist
• Robert Robinson Scott (1827–1877, R.R.Scott), botanist
• R.W. Scott, paleontologist
• Steve M. Scott (fl. 2006, S.M.Scott), botanist
• Thomas Scott (1840–1929), ostracodologist
• Trevor D. Scott, ichthyologist
• William Berryman Scott (1858–1947), U.S. paleontologist and mammalogist
• William Earl Dodge Scott (1852–1910), U.S. ornithologist and naturalist