Henry Martyn Taylor
Henry Martyn Taylor,
FRAS (6 June 1842, Bristol – 16 October 1927, Cambridge), was an English mathematician and barrister.[1][2][3]
Henry Martyn Taylor was the second son of the Rev. James Taylor and Eliza Johnson. He was educated in Wakefield and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. as 3rd Wrangler in 1865.[4]
He devised a
National Institute for the Blind, he perfected it. It was recognised as so comprehensive that it was soon adopted as the standard mathematical and chemical notation, and was universally used by English-speaking people until the adoption of Nemeth Braille in some countries and later Unified English Braille
in all English-speaking countries.
He was elected a
Mayor of Cambridge in 1900–1901.[6]
He died in Cambridge and is buried at the
Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground
in Cambridge, with his mother Eliza Taylor, née Johnson.
References
- doi:10.1038/120664a0.
- .
- ^ Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1907). "Taylor, Henry Martyn". Who's Who. 59: 1723.
- ^ "Taylor, Henry Martyn (TLR861HM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Page 1 of 55 Cambridge Mayors - past and present" (PDF). Cambridge City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
External links
- Henry Martyn Taylor at Find a Grave
Works by or about Henry Martyn Taylor at Wikisource
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