John William Yerbury (30 March 1847 – 10 November 1927) was a British Indian army officer and a naturalist.
His mother Emma nee Webb, was travelling on elephant back at the time of his birth according to a family story.
After the death of his father, Yerbury went to Wellington College and in 1862 to Dr William Bridgman's Woolwich Common school.
He lived in London and gave his mailing address as the Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall.
His eyesight began to fail from around 1910 and this may have contributed to an accident in which he was hit by a taxi leading to injuries and a premature death.