Researching Harold Taylor
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 191515 people with the Taylor surname? In that year Taylor was ranked number 5 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Harold means "army-power" and is of English origin.
Records of Harold Taylor on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harold Taylor and the Taylor Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 239073 people with the Taylor surname in the UK? Taylor is now ranked number 5 for popularity in the UK. |
Taylor Genealogy Databases
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Taylor Forums
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Harold Taylor (cricketer)
Harold William Frank Taylor (27 December 1909 – 26 August 1990) was an English cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire.
Taylor played most of his cricket for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship, where he made his debut for the county against the Surrey Second XI in 1925. From 1925 to 1956, he represented the county in 76 matches, with his final appearance coming against Hertfordshire.
Taylor also played first-class cricket, where he represented a combined Minor Counties team in 2 first-class matches against Oxford University and the touring Indians, both in 1939. In his 2 first-class matches, he scored 58 runs at a batting average of 29.00, with a high score of 38.
Taylor died at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 26 August 1990.
Source: Harold Taylor (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaHarold Dennis Taylor
Harold Dennis Taylor (10 July 1862, in Huddersfield – 26 February 1943) was a British optical designer and inventor, chiefly famous for the invention of the Cooke Triplet, although he was granted about 50 other patents.
He was born in 1862 in Huddersfield, attended St Peter's School, York, and began the study of architecture. Circa 1880, he abandoned this to work at Thomas Cooke and Sons of York, a company which produced the finest quality optical instruments, telescopes in particular.
As optical manager and chief designer for Thomas Cooke, he won fame for the design and patent in 1893 of the Cooke Triplet and was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize in 1933.
He had married Charlotte Fernandes Barff on 24 July 1888. They had one daughter, Doris, and two sons, Leslie and Edward. Their son Edward was also a published optical designer. He died in retirement in Coxwold, North Yorkshire.
Harold Burfield Taylor
Brigadier Harold Burfield Taylor, (10 August 1890 – 15 March 1966) was an analytical chemist and an Australian Army officer who served in the First and the Second World Wars. A junior officer in the First World War, during the Second World War he was commander of the 22nd Infantry Brigade during the invasion of Malaya. Captured along with many of his fellow soldiers following the fall of Singapore, he spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. In civilian life, he was an analyst for the government and an expert in poisons, often called upon to give evidence in criminal trials involving poisoning.
Source: Harold Burfield Taylor, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Taylor
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