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

• 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.