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Definition of taylor in English English dictionary: A surname; A male given name, transferred from the surname; A female given name popular in the 1990s and 2000s; {n} one who makes clothes for men; transferred use of the surname; American jazz pianist and composer who was a leader of the free jazz movement of the 1960s, which emphasized unrestrained, emotional play and group improvisation. English-born American Puritan cleric and poet. Although his works were unpublished until 1939, he is now recognized as one of colonial America's finest poets. His poems include "God's Determinations Touching His Elect" (c. 1685). British-born American actress. A childhood star after her appearance in National Velvet (1944), she later won an Academy Award for Butterfield 8 (1960) and for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). American inventor, engineer, and efficiency expert noted for his innovations in industrial engineering and management. American physicist. He shared a 1993 Nobel Prize for the discovery of a new type of pulsar. American choreographer whose avant-garde work includes Three Epitaphs (1956) and Orbs (1966). British playwright whose works include Our American Cousin (1858). The 12th President of the United States (1849-1850). An army officer in the Black Hawk War (1832) and the Second Seminole War (1835-1837), he became a national hero during the Mexican War (1846-1848) and was elected President in 1848. He died after less than two years in office. Barnum Phineas Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Farnsworth Philo Taylor Ernest Taylor Pyle Ricketts Howard Taylor Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Frederick Winslow Taylor John John Taylor of Caroline Taylor Joseph Hooton Jr. Taylor Lawrence Julius Taylor Maxwell Davenport Taylor Paul Belville Taylor Peter Hillsman Taylor Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Zachary; popular in the 1990s and 2000s; {i} first name; family name; 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850); 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850) United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) United States composer and music critic (1885-1966); United States composer and music critic (1885-1966); United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932); shamefaced; energizing; anthropomorphite; putid
A J P Taylor: an English historian, writer, and television speaker. His books include English History 1914-1945 (1965) and The Origins of the Second World War (1961) (1906-90)
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor: born Feb. 27, 1932, London, Eng. U.S. film actress. She left London for Los Angeles with her American parents at the outset of World War II. Noted for her exceptional beauty from childhood, she was discovered by a talent scout in Beverly Hills. She made her screen debut in 1942, appeared in Lassie Come Home in 1943, and became a star with National Velvet in 1944. She was a glamorous adult star in A Place in the Sun (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Butterfield 8 (1960, Academy Award). In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966, Academy Award) and other films, she starred opposite her husband, Richard Burton. After the mid-1970s, she appeared only intermittently in films, Broadway plays, and television films. Taylor's personal life (she was married eight times) was exceptionally well publicized and often tended to overshadow her acting career
Dame Elizabeth Taylor: born Feb. 27, 1932, London, Eng. U.S. film actress. She left London for Los Angeles with her American parents at the outset of World War II. Noted for her exceptional beauty from childhood, she was discovered by a talent scout in Beverly Hills. She made her screen debut in 1942, appeared in Lassie Come Home in 1943, and became a star with National Velvet in 1944. She was a glamorous adult star in A Place in the Sun (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Butterfield 8 (1960, Academy Award). In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966, Academy Award) and other films, she starred opposite her husband, Richard Burton. After the mid-1970s, she appeared only intermittently in films, Broadway plays, and television films. Taylor's personal life (she was married eight times) was exceptionally well publicized and often tended to overshadow her acting career
Elizabeth Taylor: a US film actress, often known as Liz Taylor, who was born in the UK and is famous for her beauty. Her films include National Velvet (1944), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Cleopatra (1962), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (1932- )
Elizabeth Taylor: {i} (born in 1932) British-born American actress known for her purplish-blue eyes who starred in many films ("National Velvet" {1944}, "A Place in the Sun"{1951}, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" {1951} "Cleopatra" {1963}, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" {1966} and many many more)
Frederick W Taylor: born March 20, 1856, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died March 21, 1915, Philadelphia U.S. inventor and engineer. He worked at Midvale Steel Co. (1878-90), where he introduced time-and-motion study in order to systematize shop management and reduce manufacturing costs. Though his system provoked resentment and opposition from labour when carried to extremes, it had an immense impact on the development of mass production techniques and has influenced the development of virtually every modern industrial country. Taylor is regarded as the father of scientific management. See also production management; Taylorism
Frederick Winslow Taylor: born March 20, 1856, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died March 21, 1915, Philadelphia U.S. inventor and engineer. He worked at Midvale Steel Co. (1878-90), where he introduced time-and-motion study in order to systematize shop management and reduce manufacturing costs. Though his system provoked resentment and opposition from labour when carried to extremes, it had an immense impact on the development of mass production techniques and has influenced the development of virtually every modern industrial country. Taylor is regarded as the father of scientific management. See also production management; Taylorism
Howard Taylor Ricketts: born Feb. 9, 1871, Findlay, Ohio, U.S. died May 3, 1910, Mexico City, Mex. U.S. pathologist. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University. He discovered the bacterium (named rickettsia) that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever and epidemic typhus. He demonstrated in 1906 that the former could be transmitted by the bite of a certain tick and identified a bacterium in the blood of infected animals, in the ticks, and in their eggs. He found that epidemic typhus in Mexico was transmitted by a louse and found a related bacterium in the victim's blood and in the lice. He transmitted the disease to monkeys, which developed immunity. He died of typhus later that year
John Taylor: known as John Taylor of Caroline born Dec. 19?, 1753, Caroline county, Va. died Aug. 21, 1824, Caroline county, Va., U.S. U.S. politician. He served in the Continental Army (1775-79) and the Virginia militia (1781) in the American Revolution. A strong advocate of states' rights, he opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution. He was a member of the U.S. Senate (1792-94, 1803, 1822-24), and he introduced the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions in the Virginia legislature (1798). A supporter of Thomas Jefferson, he wrote essays on the importance of maintaining an agrarian democracy as a defense against the development of an overly powerful central government
Joseph H Jr. Taylor: born March 24, 1941, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. physicist. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. While teaching at the University of Massachusetts (1968-81), he and Russell Alan Hulse discovered the first binary pulsar (1974). Their discovery provided evidence in support of Albert Einstein's relativistic theory of gravitation, which predicts that objects accelerated in a strong gravitational field will emit gravitational waves. With its enormous interacting gravitational fields, the binary pulsar should emit such waves, draining energy and reducing the orbital distance between the two stars. In 1978 they showed, on the basis of tiny variations in the pulsar's radio emission, that the two stars are revolving ever faster and closer around each other at a rate agreeing precisely with Einstein's prediction. Their discoveries won the two men a 1993 Nobel Prize
Joseph Hooton Jr. Taylor: born March 24, 1941, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. physicist. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. While teaching at the University of Massachusetts (1968-81), he and Russell Alan Hulse discovered the first binary pulsar (1974). Their discovery provided evidence in support of Albert Einstein's relativistic theory of gravitation, which predicts that objects accelerated in a strong gravitational field will emit gravitational waves. With its enormous interacting gravitational fields, the binary pulsar should emit such waves, draining energy and reducing the orbital distance between the two stars. In 1978 they showed, on the basis of tiny variations in the pulsar's radio emission, that the two stars are revolving ever faster and closer around each other at a rate agreeing precisely with Einstein's prediction. Their discoveries won the two men a 1993 Nobel Prize
Karl Taylor Compton: {i} (1887-1954) American physicist
Lawrence Julius Taylor: born Feb. 4, 1959, Williamsburg, Va., U.S. U.S. football linebacker. He played for the University of North Carolina, making All-American in 1980. During his 13-year career with the New York Giants (1981-94), he was twice named Defensive Player of the Year (1981, 1982) and once named Most Valuable Player (1986), only the second defensive player to be so honoured. The prototypical linebacker of his era, he possessed the strength to defeat blocks from linemen and the speed to chase down running backs
Lawrence Taylor: born Feb. 4, 1959, Williamsburg, Va., U.S. U.S. football linebacker. He played for the University of North Carolina, making All-American in 1980. During his 13-year career with the New York Giants (1981-94), he was twice named Defensive Player of the Year (1981, 1982) and once named Most Valuable Player (1986), only the second defensive player to be so honoured. The prototypical linebacker of his era, he possessed the strength to defeat blocks from linemen and the speed to chase down running backs
Maxwell Davenport Taylor: born Aug. 26, 1901, Keytesville, Mo., U.S. died April 19, 1987, Washington, D.C. U.S. army officer. He graduated from West Point and helped organize the army's first airborne division early in World War II. He commanded a parachute assault in the Normandy Campaign and in the Battle of the Bulge (1944). He served as commanding general of UN forces in Korea (1953), as U.S. Army chief of staff (1955-59), and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962-64). He was appointed ambassador to South Vietnam (1964-65) and was a special consultant to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69). He advocated the maintenance of conventional infantry as a prudent alternative to the use of nuclear weapons in war
Maxwell Taylor: born Aug. 26, 1901, Keytesville, Mo., U.S. died April 19, 1987, Washington, D.C. U.S. army officer. He graduated from West Point and helped organize the army's first airborne division early in World War II. He commanded a parachute assault in the Normandy Campaign and in the Battle of the Bulge (1944). He served as commanding general of UN forces in Korea (1953), as U.S. Army chief of staff (1955-59), and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962-64). He was appointed ambassador to South Vietnam (1964-65) and was a special consultant to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69). He advocated the maintenance of conventional infantry as a prudent alternative to the use of nuclear weapons in war
Paul Belville Taylor: born July 29, 1930, Wilkinsburg, Pa., U.S. U.S. modern dancer, choreographer, and director. In 1953 he joined Martha Graham's company, where he was a leading soloist until 1960. In 1957 he established the Paul Taylor Dance Company. As a choreographer he employed a wide variety of movement styles, some of which he described as "flat" (two-dimensional in appearance), "dance scribbling" (emphasis on action rather than on shape or line), and "lyric" ("long arms"). His works include Duet (1957), Aureole (1962), Orbs (1966), and Nightshade (1979). In 1993 he formed Taylor 2, a small group of dancers who perform in smaller venues and teach the Taylor style
Paul Taylor: born July 29, 1930, Wilkinsburg, Pa., U.S. U.S. modern dancer, choreographer, and director. In 1953 he joined Martha Graham's company, where he was a leading soloist until 1960. In 1957 he established the Paul Taylor Dance Company. As a choreographer he employed a wide variety of movement styles, some of which he described as "flat" (two-dimensional in appearance), "dance scribbling" (emphasis on action rather than on shape or line), and "lyric" ("long arms"). His works include Duet (1957), Aureole (1962), Orbs (1966), and Nightshade (1979). In 1993 he formed Taylor 2, a small group of dancers who perform in smaller venues and teach the Taylor style
Peter Hillsman Taylor: born Jan. 8, 1917, Trenton, Tenn., U.S. died Nov. 2, 1994, Charlottesville, Va. U.S. short-story writer, novelist, and playwright. Taylor studied in the 1930s under several poets associated with the Southern literary renaissance. He taught at various schools, including the University of Virginia. He is best known for his short stories, which are usually set in contemporary Tennessee and which reveal conflicts between the old rural society and the industrialized "New South." The novella A Woman of Means (1950) is perhaps his finest work; his later works include The Old Forest and Other Stories (1985) and A Summons to Memphis (1986, Pulitzer Prize)
Peter Taylor: born Jan. 8, 1917, Trenton, Tenn., U.S. died Nov. 2, 1994, Charlottesville, Va. U.S. short-story writer, novelist, and playwright. Taylor studied in the 1930s under several poets associated with the Southern literary renaissance. He taught at various schools, including the University of Virginia. He is best known for his short stories, which are usually set in contemporary Tennessee and which reveal conflicts between the old rural society and the industrialized "New South." The novella A Woman of Means (1950) is perhaps his finest work; his later works include The Old Forest and Other Stories (1985) and A Summons to Memphis (1986, Pulitzer Prize)
Philo Taylor Farnsworth: born Aug. 19, 1906, Beaver, Utah, U.S. died March 11, 1971, Salt Lake City, Utah U.S. engineer and inventor of electronic television. While still in high school he began developing the early technology required for television, and in 1927 he successfully transmitted the first image using electronic means. He formed Farnsworth Television (later Farnsworth Radio and Television Corp.) in 1929 and invented numerous devices related to television, including equipment for converting an optical image into an electrical signal; amplifier, cathode-ray, and vacuum tubes; and electrical scanners and photoelectric materials. He held some 165 patents
Phineas Taylor Barnum: born July 5, 1810, Bethel, Conn., U.S. died April 7, 1891, Bridgeport, Conn. U.S. showman. In 1841 he bought the American Museum, a collection of conventional exhibits in New York City, and transformed it into a carnival of live freaks and dramatic curiosities, which he promoted with sensational publicity. He exhibited the midget Tom Thumb with great international success and brought Jenny Lind (billed as the "Swedish Nightingale") to the U.S. for a profitable concert tour in 1850. By the time his museum closed in 1868 after several fires, he had enticed 82 million visitors there. In 1871 he started a circus and in 1881 joined a rival, James A. Bailey (1847-1906), to form the three-ring Barnum and Bailey's Circus, which featured the elephant Jumbo as part of the "Greatest Show on Earth
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: a British poet who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan. He and his friend William Wordsworth were leaders of the Romantic movement in Britain (1772-1834). born Oct. 21, 1772, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, Eng. died July 25, 1834, Highgate, near London English poet, critic, and philosopher. Coleridge studied at the University of Cambridge, where he became closely associated with Robert Southey. In his poetry he perfected a sensuous lyricism that was echoed by many later poets. Lyrical Ballads (1798; with William Wordsworth), containing the famous "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Frost at Midnight," heralded the beginning of English Romanticism. Other poems in the "fantastical" style of the "Mariner" include the unfinished "Christabel" and the celebrated "Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan." While in a bad marriage and addicted to opium, he produced "Dejection: An Ode" (1802), in which he laments the loss of his power to produce poetry. Later, partly restored by his revived Anglican faith, he wrote Biographia Literaria, 2 vol. (1817), the most significant work of general literary criticism of the Romantic period. Imaginative and complex, with a unique intellect, Coleridge led a restless life full of turmoil and unfulfilled possibilities
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: (1772-1834) English poet and philosopher, member of the "Lake Poets
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor: born March 7, 1886, London, Eng. died June 27, 1975, Cambridge British physicist. He taught at Cambridge University from 1911 to 1952. He made important discoveries in fluid mechanics, as well as significant contributions to the theory of the elastostatic stress and displacement fields created by dislocating solids, the quantum theory of radiation, and the interference and diffraction of photons
Zachary Taylor: the twelfth president of the US, from 1849 to 1850 (1784-1850). born Nov. 24, 1784, Montebello, Va., U.S. died July 9, 1850, Washington, D.C. 12th president of the U.S. (1849-50). He fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War (1832), and the Seminole War in Florida (1835-42), earning the nickname "Old Rough-and-Ready" for his indifference to hardship. Sent to Texas in anticipation of war with Mexico, he defeated the Mexican invaders at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma (1846). After the Mexican War formally began, he captured Monterrey and granted the Mexican army an eight-week armistice. Displeased, Pres. James K. Polk transferred Taylor's best troops to the command of Winfield Scott to serve in the invasion of Veracruz. Taylor ignored orders to remain in Monterrey and marched south to defeat a large Mexican force at the Battle of Buena Vista (1847). He became a national hero and was nominated as the Whig candidate for president (1848). He defeated Lewis Cass to win the election. His brief term was marked by a controversy over the new territories that produced the Compromise of 1850 and by a scandal involving members of his cabinet. He died, probably of cholera, after only 16 months in office and was succeeded by Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor: {i} (1784-1850) 12th president of the United States (1849-1850)