Walter Taylor (mathematician)

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Academic advisors Robert Smith Role Mathematician Residence England Notable students Stephen Whisson		Name Walter Taylor Died 1744 Fields Mathematician, Classics Academic advisor Robert Smith
Alma mater University of Cambridge Education University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge

Walter Taylor (c. 1700 – 23 February 1743/4) was a Trinity College, Cambridge tutor who coached 83 students in the 1724–1743 period. He later was appointed as the Regius Professor of Greek.

He was the son of John Taylor, Vicar of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire. He matriculated in 1716 from Wakefield School, Yorkshire. Taylor was admitted as a pensioner at Trinity on 7 April 1716.

Timeline

1717 Scholar

1719/20 BA

1723 MA

1736 BD

1722 Fellow of Trinity

1726–44 Regius Professor of Greek

1725 Ordained deacon

1726/7 Ordained priest

1743/4 buried at Tuxford

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