John Stuart Noyes (born Cardiff 1949) is a Welsh entomologist. At the age of 14 an article entitled "My Hobby has Wings" about Noyes appeared in his local newspaper, the Pontypridd Observer; this 1963 article highlighted Noyes' interest in entomology at an early age. In 1967 he began studying for a degree in zoology and applied entomology at Imperial College, London where he completed his doctoral thesis on the biology of the leek moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella). In 1974 he was appointed as a researcher in the Chalcidoidea at the British Museum (Natural History). He was seconded to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in New Zealand where he conducted a survey of the Chalcidoidea of New Zealand in 1980 and 1981. He travelled widely in the course of his research into the Chalcidoidea and has published over 80 papers, with some major monographs, and described one new family, 88 new genera and 644 new species of Chalcidoidea. When he retired he was reviewing the Costa Rican fauna of the Encyrtidae. In 1991 he conceived of and implemented the Universal Chalcidoidea Database, an innovative and important online resource. He continued to maintain the database until his retirement, He was recognised by his peers in that at the time he retired one genus and 38 species, mainly of Hymenoptera, but including a beetle and a bug, were named after him. He sits on the review board of a number of journals and is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and a member of International Society of Hymenopterists. He retired from service at the Natural History Museum at the age of 60 in 2009. In his personal life he is married to Mary and the couple have two daughters. Publications A selection of publication by Noyes is: 1974 The biology of the leek moth, Acrolepia assectella (Zeller) Imperial College,London Ph.D. Thesis 1980 A review of the genera of Neotropical Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 41(3) pages 107–253 1984 (& M. Hayat) A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 48(3) pages 131–395 1987 A review of the species of Neococcidencyrtus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasites of diaspidid scale insects Journal of Natural History 21(4) pages 995–1019 1987 ( & Zdenek Boucek) Rotoitidae, a curious new family of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from New Zealand Systematic Entomology 12(4)