Taylor, F. M. (Frank M.)

Frank Mansfield Taylor, an early Colorado Museum of Natural History Trustee (1916-1930), was on the Committee on Plans for the development of the Museum's building. The committee's responsibility was to retain an architectural firm and to manage the accounts and decisions for the development of the Museum (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). Communications regarding the building begin in 1901 and also include materials related to the building's renovations through 1930. Taylor was born in New York and completed his education at Amherst College in 1871. In 1875, he moved to Colorado, where he worked in Georgetown and later in Leadville. In 1876 he returned to the East coast to marry his first wife, Lida Ross Eshleman, and in 1899 brought his family with him to resettle in Aspen, Colorado. He was known in Denver as a mining pioneer who worked his way up as a manager and an engineer. From 1889 - 1911, he was a partner of the Taylor & Brunton Ore Sampling Company. In 1920 he moved his family to 945 Pennsylvania St, Denver. Lida Taylor died in 1924, and in 1928 Taylor married Genevieve Hallett. During his retirement years in the 1920s he held positions on the Denver Board of Education and St. Luke's Hospital. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Colorado Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science) from 1900 until 1930. In 1916 he became President of the Board, and served until his death. A subspecies of the Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus taylori Lincoln, was named in Taylor's honor by Frederick Lincoln, who discovered the new species.

From the description of Frank M. Taylor papers 1901-1930. (Denver Museum of Nature & Science). WorldCat record id: 69155646

Frank Mansfield Taylor, an early Colorado Museum of Natural History Trustee (1916-1930), was on the "Committee on Plans" for the development of the Museum's building. The committee's responsibility was to retain an architectural firm and to manage the accounts and decisions for the development of the Museum (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). Communications regarding the building begin in 1901 and also include materials related to the building's renovations through 1930.

Taylor was born in New York and completed his education at Amherst College in 1871. In 1875, he moved to Colorado, where he worked in Georgetown and later in Leadville. In 1876 he returned to the East coast to marry his first wife, Lida Ross Eshleman, and in 1899 brought his family with him to resettle in Aspen, Colorado. He was known in Denver as a mining pioneer who worked his way up as a manager and an engineer. From 1889 - 1911, he was a partner of the Taylor & Brunton Ore Sampling Company. In 1920 he moved his family to 945 Pennsylvania St, Denver. Lida Taylor died in 1924, and in 1928 Taylor married Genevieve Hallett.

During his retirement years in the late 1920s he held positions on the Denver Board of Education and St. Luke's Hospital. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Colorado Museum of Natural History from 1900 until 1930. In 1916 he became President of the Board, and served until his death.

A subspecies of the Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus taylori Lincoln, was named in Taylor's honor by Frederick Lincoln, who discovered the new species.

From the guide to the Frank M. Taylor Papers, 1916-1930, (Denver Museum of Nature & Science, )