Richard Taylor
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Richard Taylor may refer to:
- Richard Taylor (colonel)Richard Taylor (colonel)Richard Lee Taylor was an officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He was the father of the 12th President of the United States, Zachary Taylor....
(1744–1829), father of U.S. president Zachary Taylor - Richard Taylor (British Army officer)Richard Taylor (British Army officer)General Sir Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor GCB was a British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny...
(1819–1904), British general - Richard Taylor (general)Richard Taylor (general)Richard Taylor was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was the son of United States President Zachary Taylor and First Lady Margaret Taylor.-Early life:...
(1826–1879), son of U.S. president Zachary Taylor, Confederate general in the American Civil War - Richard Taylor (philosopher)Richard Taylor (philosopher)Richard Taylor was an American philosopher renowned for his dry wit and his contributions to metaphysics. He was also an internationally-known beekeeper....
(1919–2003), American metaphysical philosopher - Richard Taylor (Royalist) (1620–1667), of Clapham, Bedfordshire
- Richard Taylor (editor)Richard Taylor (editor)Richard Taylor was an English naturalist and publisher of scientific journals. He became joint editor of the Philosophical Magazine in 1822 and went of to publish the Annals of Natural History in 1838. He edited and published Scientific Memoirs, Selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies...
(1781–1858), English naturalist and publisher of scientific journals - Richard Taylor (soldier), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Richard R. TaylorRichard R. TaylorDr. Richard Ray Taylor was a Lieutenant General in the United States military and served as the 33rd Surgeon General of the United States Army.-Early life and education:...
(1922–1978), American surgeon general - Richard E. TaylorRichard E. TaylorRichard Edward Taylor, is a Canadian-American professor at Stanford University. In 1990, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have...
(born 1929), Canadian laureate of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics - Richard H. TaylorRichard H. TaylorRichard Hamilton Taylor was a quartermaster serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:Taylor was born September 8, 1870 in Staunton, Virginia and later joined the navy...
, American Medal of Honor recipient - Richard Taylor (UK politician)Richard Taylor (UK politician)Richard Thomas Taylor FRCP is an English doctor and former politician. He served as an Independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest between 2001 and 2010...
(born 1934), Independent Kidderminster Member of Parliament - Richard Taylor (skater)Richard Taylor (skater)Richard Taylor was a Welsh inline skating and freestyle skiing champion.Taylor, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, learned to skate because he wanted to become a stuntman. He turned professional at the age of 15 after winning the World Amateur International Inline Skate Series and qualifying 6th in...
(1981–2004), Welsh skater - Richard Taylor (filmmaker), head of Weta Workshop
- Richard Taylor (musician), former member of Gin Blossoms
- Richard Taylor (mathematician)Richard Taylor (mathematician)-External links:**...
(born 1962), involved in completing the proof of Fermat's last theorem - Richard Taylor (author)Richard Taylor (author)Richard Taylor is an author and a practising lawyer best known for his books on Christian imagery and symbolism.Taylor was born in London, where he attended Highgate School...
(born 1967), writer and broadcaster - Richard S. TaylorRichard S. TaylorRichard Shelley Taylor was a Nazarene educator and theologian. Taylor attended Northwest Nazarene College before receiving undergraduate degrees from Cascade College and George Fox, both in Oregon, in 1942 and 1944, respectively. He received a Master’s Degree from PLNU in 1945...
, Nazarene theologian - Richard Taylor (Hollyoaks)Richard Taylor (Hollyoaks)Richard Taylor is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Richard Calkin. He appeared on the show between 2003 and 2005.-Storylines:...
, a character in UK soap opera Hollyoaks - Richard Mansfield Taylor, real name of Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)Jeff Richards , was an American minor league baseball player with the Portland Beavers who later became an actor. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor and Richard Taylor.-Early life and career:...
- Richard Taylor (footballer)Richard Taylor (footballer)Richard Taylor is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and West Coast in the AFL.Taylor was a rover and made his debut for Hawthorn in a game again Essendon in 1992, contributing 3 goals in a 160 point win. After suffering a knee injury in 1993 he was delisted but was...
, former Hawthorn and West Coast Eagles player in the AFL - Richard Molesworth TaylorRichard Molesworth TaylorRichard Molesworth Taylor was a three-term New Zealand Member of Parliament. Born in London in 1835, he moved to Auckland on the Heather Bell in 1846. He travelled to Victoria in 1851, and later to New South Wales and participated in the gold rush before returning to Auckland in 1857...
(1835-1919), New Zealand politician - Richard Taylor (missionary)Richard Taylor (missionary)Richard Taylor was a C.M.S. missionary in New Zealand. He was present at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, but is perhaps most notable for the numerous books he wrote on the natural and cultural environment of New Zealand in his time...
, (1805 – 1873) a missionary in New Zealand - Richard Taylor (diplomat)