English naturalist (1820-1900).
James Yate Johnson (c. 1820, in Kendal, Westmorland – 2 February 1900, in Funchal) was an English naturalist. Johnson lived in Madeira from around 1851, studied marine fish, crustacea, sea anemones and sponges and terrestrial spiders, flowering plants and mosses. He collected specimens for other naturalists; for instance, George Busk, who in 1859 wrote "Zoophytology: On some Madeiran Polyzoa." Collected by J. Yates Johnson, Esq. in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, vol. 7, pp. 65–67. He discovered Halargyreus johnsonii and Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864 during his time in M
Abbreviations: J.Y.Johnson
Occupations: zoologist, naturalist, ichthyologist, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages: English
Dates: 1820-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1900-02-02T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Kendal
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi