| Authorised form of name | Taylor; Edward Wilfred (1891 - 1980) |
| Dates | 1891 - 1980 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 29 April 1891 |
| Date of death | 01/11/1980 |
| Research field | Optical instruments |
| Activity | Education:
Oundle School
Career:
Managing Director of Cooke, Troughton and Sims Limited, York
Honours:
CBE 1946; Honorary doctorate from University of York (1977)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1952 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1981 vol 27 pp 563-577, plate, by B O Payne |
| Code | NA3771 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1952/21 | Taylor, Edward Wilfred: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/004500 | Taylor, Edward Wilfred | March 1952 |
| RR/69/306 | Letter from Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'The control of amplitude in phase-contrast microscopy' by Edward Wilfred Taylor | 21 November 1946 |
| RR/69/307 | Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'The control of amplitude in phase-contrast microscopy' by Edward Wilfred Taylor | January 1947 |