Taylor, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1869-1945

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Alfred Edward Taylor was born on 22 December 1869. He was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and he studied at New College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of Merton College, 1891-1898. He was the brother of the Rev. Ernest Wesley Taylor who studied at Oxford and at Cuddesdon Theological College (Ripon College, Cuddesdon). From 1896, Alfred Edward Taylor was an assistant lecturer in Greek at Owens College, Manchester, and in 1903 he became Professor of Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal. In 1908, Taylor returned to Britain as Professor of Moral Philosophy at St. Andrews University, and in 1924 he was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University. He became Professor Emeritus in 1941. Taylor was an international authority on Plato and he was a strong Anglo-Catholic. His publications include The problem of conduct (1901, Plato and Thomas Hobbes in philosophies ancient and modern (1908), St. Thomas Aquinas as a philosopher (1924), The faith of a moralist (1930), and Socrates (1933). Professor Alfred Edward Taylor died on 31 October 1945.

The Rev. Ernest Wesley Taylor had died at Barble Bay, New Guinea on 23 June 1903.

From the guide to the Material relating to Professor Alfred Edward Taylor (1869-1945), 1903-1910, (Edinburgh University Library)

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creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
creatorOf DARWIN AND CORNFORD PAPERS. Vol. LVI (ff. 220). General correspondence; 1885-1940, n.d. Partly signed. Partly incomplete.Cambridge; University of. Trinity College: Correspondence and papers rel. to, etc.,: circa 1885-1940.includes:f. 15 Henry Sidgw..., 1885-1940 British Library
creatorOf Sellars, Roy Wood, 1880-1973. Roy Wood Sellars papers, 1914-1946. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Letters to William James from various correspondents and photograph album, 1865-1929. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters sent to Walter Hines Page from various correspondents, English period, 1876-1937. Houghton Library
referencedIn Roy Wood Sellars papers, 1914-1946 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Material relating to Professor Alfred Edward Taylor (1869-1945), 1903-1910 Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Vol. XXIV (ff. 299). 1924-1940, n.d.includes:ff. 1-3 Thomas Robbins, Lloyds agent in Berlin: Letter, etc., to Lord D'Abernon: 1924.: Signed.ff. 4-6 Hans Luther, German Chancellor: Letter, etc., to, from Lord D'Abernon: 1925.: Typewritten.ff. 8-11..., 1924-1940 British Library
creatorOf PH 6428, Taylor, Nellie Eva Todd 1869-1945. Nellie E. Todd Taylor family and personal photographs circa 1860s-1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
creatorOf MACMILLAN ARCHIVE. Vol. CCCLXXXI. Correspondence with: 1. Alfred Edward Taylor; 1900-1939. 2. Henri L. Bergson; 1908-1936. 3. Cloudesley Brereton; 1925-1936.Cloudesley Shovell Henry Brereton, educationalist: Correspondence with Macmillan and Co.: 192..., 1900-1939 British Library
referencedIn Material relating to Professor Alfred Edward Taylor (1869-1945), 1903-1910 Edinburgh University Library
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associatedWith Brubaker, Charles Grover 1884-1957 person
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associatedWith Christenson, Joseph 1865-1947 person
associatedWith Coltrin, Ira person
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associatedWith Gibbs, Margaret Young Taylor 1870-1935 person
associatedWith Grant, Susan Fairchild Noble 1832-1914 person
associatedWith Harrington, Leonora Young Taylor 1864-1935 person
associatedWith Holladay, John Daniel 1851-1926 person
correspondedWith James, William, 1842-1910 person
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associatedWith Lyman, Francis Marion 1840-1916 person
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associatedWith Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 person
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associatedWith Sellars, Roy Wood, 1880-1973. person
associatedWith Skoro, Reva Leona Dummer 1895-1989 person
associatedWith Staines, Lilly person
associatedWith Sturns, Mary E. person
associatedWith Sturns, Sears person
associatedWith Summers, Marian Louise Taylor 1924- person
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associatedWith Taylor, Alfred Edward person
associatedWith Taylor, Moses Whitaker 1862-1922 person
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associatedWith Todd, Mary Orr 1827-1902 person
associatedWith Todd, Robert person
associatedWith Todd, William Murray person
associatedWith Walton family family
associatedWith Whitaker, Ida Oakley Taylor 1860-1946 person
associatedWith Woolley, Mary Elizabeth Randall 1855-1917 person
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Death 1945-10-31

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