Person Taylor; Richard Edward (1929 - 2018) Taylor Richard Edward 1929 - 2018 Canadian Male Albert, Canada, North and Central America 02/11/1929 19291102 Stanford, California, United States of America, North and Central America 22/02/2018 20180222

Physicist Particle physics Quarks Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1990 Richard Taylor was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre (SLAC) provided experimental evidence for the quark theory of matter. By demonstrating that particles such as protons and neutrons contain yet more fundamental components known as quarks, he helped solidify and expand the Standard Model of particle physics. Richard’s work on the design and construction of SLAC made it possible to fire high-energy electrons at protons or neutrons — collectively known as nucleons — and obtain information about their internal structure from the resultant collisions. This process, known as deep inelastic scattering, provided the first indication of the existence of quarks, held together by gluons within the nucleons themselves. He also designed and conducted challenging experiments to confirm the electroweak theory by comparing the scattering rates of differently-polarised electrons. The significance of Richard’s work was recognised by numerous prestigious awards, including the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics. A Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2005. Professor Richard Taylor CC FRS died on 22 February 2018. Fellow 15/05/1997 67 Sources: Royal Society profile: https://royalsociety.org/people/richard-taylor-12395/ (accessed 17 December 2020); Wikipedia International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 2 Nov 1929 - 22 Feb 2018 NA4700 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/12/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/2766150470089704330004 b5cd2423-6ba4-499c-8f3f-17d6bf5e71c8