Robert Taylor
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Robert Taylor, Rob or Bob Taylor may refer to:
- Robert Taylor (British Army officer)Robert Taylor (British Army officer)General Robert Taylor or Taylour styled The Honourable from birth, was an Irish soldier and politician.-Background:...
, British general of the late eighteenth century - Robert Taylor (computer scientist)Robert Taylor (computer scientist)Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is an Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other related technologies....
(born 1932), American computer scientist - Sir Robert Taylor (engineer) (1855–1921), British mining engineer in India
- Detective Bob Taylor, the "Chief" investigator and semi-host of British TV series The Murder GameThe Murder Game (TV series)The Murder Game was a British reality television series that aired on BBC One from March through May 2003. The show was based on the American FOX television show Murder in Small Town X. Though classified as a reality television series, it was more accurately a hybrid of reality TV, game show, and...
- Robert Taylor (Radical)Robert Taylor (Radical)Reverend Robert Taylor , was an early 19th century Radical, a clergyman turned freethinker whose "Infidel home missionary tour" was a dramatic incident in Charles Darwin's education, subsequently leaving Charles Darwin with a horrifying memory of "the Devil's Chaplain" as a warning of the dangers...
(1784–1844), English clergyman turned freethinker - Dr. Robert A. Taylor, founder of the Alameda East Veterinary HospitalAlameda East Veterinary HospitalAlameda East Veterinary Hospital is one of the world's leading veterinary hospitals. It is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and is considered one of the best intern places a future vet can study in the United States. It is located in Denver, Colorado, in the United States of...
, a facility featured in the Animal Planet series Emergency Vets and E-Vet Interns - Robert E. L. TaylorRobert E. L. TaylorRobert E. Lee Taylor, Jr. was an American publisher and chairman of the Philadelphia Bulletin in the years leading up to the paper's demise...
(c,. 1913–2009), publisher of the Philadelphia Bulletin - Robert Lewis TaylorRobert Lewis TaylorRobert Lewis Taylor was an American author and winner of the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.Taylor was born in Carbondale, Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University, which now houses his papers, for one year. He graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor...
(1912–1998), American writer, 1959 Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters - Robert S. TaylorRobert S. TaylorRobert Saxton Taylor 1918-2009.Taylor's professional career: Lehigh University: Librarian 1956-67; Prof. and Director of the Center for the Information Sciencea; Director of Library Center and Prof. of Language and Communications, Hampshire College 1967-72; Syracuse University School of Information...
, influential librarian - Robert V. Taylor (born c. 1959), first openly gay Episcopal dean in the United States
Arts
- Robert Taylor (actor)Robert Taylor (actor)Robert Taylor was an American film and television actor.-Early life:Born Spangler Arlington Brugh in Filley, Nebraska, he was the son of Ruth Adaline and Spangler Andrew Brugh, who was a farmer turned doctor...
(1911–1969), American actor - Robert Taylor (Australian actor)Robert Taylor (Australian actor)- Biography :Taylor is best known internationally for his role in The Matrix as Agent Jones. He also appeared in the crocodile horror film Rogue and stars in Australian thriller Storm Warning and the 2009 Australian movie Coffin Rock.-Filmography:...
, Australian actor, best known as Agent Jones in The Matrix - Robert Taylor (aviation artist) painter
- Robert Taylor (animator), directed The Nine Lives of Fritz the CatThe Nine Lives of Fritz the CatThe Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat is a 1974 animated film directed by Robert Taylor. It is an adult animation featuring a series of drug-induced vignettes both related and unrelated to life in the 1970s. Starring Skip Hinnant as the voice of the titular feline protagonist, the film is a sequel to...
and Heidi's SongHeidi's SongHeidi's Song is a 1982 animated musical feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera. The film is based on the novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Among the voice cast of the film are Lorne Greene as Grandfather, Margery Gray as Heidi and Sammy Davis Jr...
Architecture
- Sir Robert Taylor (architect)Robert Taylor (architect)Sir Robert Taylor was a notable English architect of the mid-late 18th century.Born at Woodford, Essex, Taylor followed in his father's footsteps and started working as a stonemason and sculptor, spending time as a pupil of Sir Henry Cheere...
(1714–1788), English architect - Robert Robinson Taylor (1868–1942), first African-American architect in the United States
- Robert J. Taylor, American architect, principal at Taylor & Burns ArchitectsTaylor & Burns ArchitectsTaylor & Burns Architects is a LEED-accredited architectural firm founded in 1993 and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm has two principals, Robert J. Taylor and Carol Burns, and has designed for education, performing arts, worship and civic communities. They are especially known for their...
Music
- Bob Taylor (luthier)Bob Taylor (luthier)Bob Taylor is an American luthier who has pioneered or helped develop many of the newer technological innovations used in acoustic guitar production today...
, American maker of acoustic guitars, principal of Taylor Guitars - Robert N. Taylor, U.S. musician, artist, Germanic Neopagan, writer and political activist
Politics
- Robert Taylor (congressman)Robert Taylor (congressman)Robert Taylor was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Orange Court House, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar 1783, commencing practice in Orange Court House...
(1763–1845), U.S. Representative from Virginia - Robert Taylor (Labour politician)Robert Taylor (Labour politician)Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...
(1881–1954), British Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1935–1954 - Robert Taylor (Scottish councillor) (born 1952), Councillor for Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1993–2002
- Robert Taylor (UK politician)Robert Taylor (UK politician)Robert George Taylor was Conservative Member of Parliament for Croydon North West, South London from 1970 until his death in 1981, which triggered the Croydon North West by-election in which the Tories lost the seat to Liberal MP Bill Pitt.- External links :...
(1932–1981), Conservative MP for Croydon North West, South London, 1970–1981 - Robert Love TaylorRobert Love TaylorRobert Love Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1879 to 1881, Governor of Tennessee from 1887 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1899, and subsequently a United States Senator from that state from 1907 until his death. He is notable for winning the governor's office in an election against...
(1850–1912), U.S. politician from Tennessee - Robert Love Taylor (judge)Robert Love Taylor (judge)Robert Love Taylor was a United States federal judge.Born in Embreeville, Tennessee, Taylor was the son of longtime Tennessee politician Alfred A. Taylor, and was named for Alfred's brother, Robert Love Taylor, also very active in Tennessee politics. Taylor received a Ph.B...
(1899–1987), U.S. federal judge from Tennessee - R. Fenwick TaylorR. Fenwick TaylorRobert Fenwick Taylor was a Florida lawyer and a Democratic politician who served on the Florida Supreme Court. He was first appointed on January 1, 1891. He resigned February 28, 1925. He served three terms as Chief Justice, from 1897 to 1905, from 1915 to 1917, and from 1923 to 1925.Justice...
(1849–1926) Florida Chief Justice - Robert Paris Taylor, Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-TweedBerwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
, 1768–1774 - Robert Arthur Taylor, Member of Parliament for LincolnLincoln (UK Parliament constituency)Lincoln is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, 1924–1931 - Bob Taylor (Ontario politician)Bob Taylor (Ontario politician)Bob Taylor is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1991 to 1994 and was a city councillor on two separate occasions.-Early life and career:...
, Mayor of Brantford, 1988–1991
Sports
- Bob Taylor (born 1931), Australian rules footballer with Essendon Football ClubEssendon Football ClubThe Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
- Bob Taylor (cricketer)Bob Taylor (cricketer)Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...
(born 1941), English cricketer - Bob Taylor (ice hockey)Bob Taylor (ice hockey)Robert W. Taylor was an American professional ice hockey right winger who played eight games for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League in 1930, scoring no points and receiving six penalty minutes.Taylor played pro hockey between the 1926 and 1936 seasons, almost all of it in the...
- Bob Taylor (darts player)Bob Taylor (darts player)Bob Taylor is a Scottish darts player who played in the British Darts Organisation.Taylor made eleven appearances in the BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round in seven of his first eight showings with his one win coming in 1994 against American Tony Payne before losing in the...
(born 1960), Scottish darts player - Bob Taylor (footballer)Bob Taylor (footballer)Robert Taylor , better known as Bob Taylor, is an English former footballer who played as a centre forward. Known by supporters as Super Bobby Taylor, Superbob or simply Super, Taylor scored more than 250 goals in a professional career that comprised almost 750 games in 20 years...
(born 1967), English footballer - Bob Taylor (rugby union) (born 1942), English rugby union international
- Rob Taylor (American football) (born 1960), American football player
- Rob Taylor (footballer)Rob Taylor (footballer)Robert James "Rob" Taylor is an English footballer who plays for League Two side Port Vale. He plays on the left flank and is known for his pace and dribbling ability....
(born 1985), English footballer - Robert Taylor (athlete)Robert Taylor (athlete)Robert Taylor was a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is the father of NFL player Bobby Taylor....
(1948–2007), American athlete, 1972 Summer Olympics gold medal winner in the 4x100 m relay - Robert Taylor (cricketer)Robert Taylor (cricketer)Robert Joseph Taylor was an English cricketer, who played three first-class games, two for Lancashire in June 1898 and one for Worcestershire in August 1900...
(1873–?), English cricketer - Robert Taylor (footballer)Robert Taylor (footballer)Robert Anthony Taylor is an English retired association football player turned manager. He was appointed as manager of Diss Town of the Eastern Counties Football League on 25 April 2008.-Playing career:...
(born 1971), English footballer - Bob Taylor (rugby league), English rugby league footballer
- Bob Taylor (baseball)Bob Taylor (baseball)Robert Lee Taylor is a retired American professional baseball player. An outfielder, Taylor played for 17 pro seasons , including a dozen in minor league baseball, four years in Nippon Professional Baseball, and one full season in the Major Leagues with the San Francisco Giants...
(born 1944), American baseball outfielderOutfielderOutfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
Projects or incidents
- Robert Taylor HomesRobert Taylor HomesRobert Taylor Homes was a housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago, on State Street between Pershing Road and 54th Street alongside the Dan Ryan Expressway.-History:...
, a housing project in the South Side of Chicago - Robert Taylor incidentRobert Taylor incidentThe Robert Taylor Incident, sometimes also referred to as the Livingston Incident or the Dechmont Woods Encounter is the name given an event which occurred on Dechmont Law near Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland in 1979, in which local forester Robert "Bob" Taylor reported encountering an...
, a 1979 UFO sighting and potential alien abduction in West Lothian, Scotland
See also
- Bobby Taylor (disambiguation)
- Robert Walker TaylerRobert Walker TaylerRobert Walker Tayler was a United States federal judge.Born in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Mayor Robert Walker Tayler, Sr., Tayler attended the public schools and received an A.B. from Western Reserve College in 1872 and taught in the high school in New Lisbon , Ohio...
, Congressman and federal judge