Richard Taylor | |
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Born | Norwich, England | 18 May 1781
Died | 1 December 1858 Richmond, Surrey, England | (aged 77)
Richard Taylor (18 May 1781 – 1 December 1858) was an English naturalist and publisher of scientific journals. He became joint editor of the Philosophical Magazine in 1822[1] and went on to publish the Annals of Natural History in 1838. From 1837 to 1852, he edited and published Scientific Memoirs, Selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies of Science. In 1852, he was joined by the chemist Dr William Francis to form Taylor and Francis.[2]