Taylor, Griffith, 1880-1963.

Geographer and meteorologist. Thomas Griffith Taylor was senior geologist to the British Antarctic expedition 1910-13 under R.F. Scott. He was Associate Professor of Geography, University of Sydney 1920-28, and then professor at the Universities of Chicago and Toronto 1935-51. In 1913 he and E.T. Quayle wrote the first text-book on Australian meteorology, Climate and weather of Australia.

Thomas Griffith Taylor, B.A., D.Sc., B.E.F.A.A., Hon.D.Litt.(Syd.), Physiographer, Commonwealth Weather Service, 1910-1920; Professor of Geography, University of Sydney, 1920-1928; Professor of Geography, University of Chicago, 1928-1934; Professor of Geography, University of Toronto, Canada, 1935-1951; Emeritus professor, 1951-1963. Leader of the Western parties with Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913.