Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- Thomas Taylor was born on 15 May 1758. · London.
- Died
- Thomas Taylor died on 1 November 1835. · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- philosopher · translator · classical scholar · writer · mathematician · philologist
- Education
- St Paul's School
- Languages
- English
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Thomas Taylor, a philosopher, philologist, writer and translator, was born on 15 May 1758 and died on 1 November 1835.
Life
Thomas Taylor was born in London, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Thomas Taylor died in Walworth, United Kingdom, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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London
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495

Died In · outgoing
London
Place
Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495
Educated At · outgoing
St Paul's School
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gnd · 1342853938 · wikidata · Q971643
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Life and career
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1758
Thomas Taylor was born on 15 May 1758.
1835
Thomas Taylor died on 1 November 1835.
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Thomas Taylor was born at London.
Birthplace
Thomas Taylor died at London.
Deathplace
London.
Birth place
Literature
Literature
Taylor, Thomas, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Biographical Accounts of Thomas Taylor, Thomas Taylor, the Platonist, 2019
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- 1.Artwork Page: Thomas Taylor Lawrence's painting of Taylor is described
- 2.Greer, John Michael. The Occult Book. Sterling. 129. 2017. 978-1-4549-2577-4.
- 3.Singer, Peter. Animal Liberation. New York Review Book. 28. 1990. 978-0940322004.
- 4.Anker, Peder. A vindication of the rights of brutes. Philosophy & Geography. 7. 2. 259–264. August 2004. 1090-3771.
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