| Authorised form of name | White; Taylor (1701 - 1772); barrister and naturalist |
| Dates | 1701 - 1772 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 21 December 1701 |
| Place of death | Bath, Bath and Northeast Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 26 March 1772 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Activity | Education:
Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1720, qualified 1727)
Career:
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn; practiced as a barrister in London and on the Northern Circuit; Governor of the Foundling Hospital (1740), Treasurer (1746-1772), resident at the hospital with his family (1752-1768); Circuit Judge for North Wales (1750); Puisne Judge for Chester (1756); ammassed a large natural history collection of specimens and artworks, some commissioned from artists including Charles Collins and Pater Paillou (paintings later sold to McGill University).
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 29/04/1725 |
| Age at election | 23 |
| Proposer | Martin Folkes |
| RSActivity | Council 1744
Member of the Repository Committee 1730s |
| Other Royal Society activity | Protege of Martin Folkes, collector, antiquarian and President of the Royal Society. |
| Relationships | Parents: Thomas White of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, and Wallingwells, Nottinghamshire, MP for East Retford, and his wife, Bridget, daughter of Richard Taylor of Wallingwells, MP for East Retford
Siblings: John White (FRS 1723) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; LI (his entry and son's); 'Undescrib'd: Taylor White's 18th-century Paper Museum' McGill University, https://taylor-white.library.mcgill.ca/?p=2103 (acccessed 3/6/2025)
Authority:
Death date from GM 1772 and JB
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1772, p199 (obituary) |
| Code | NA234 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/3/347 | Paper, 'Of cinnamon cassia' by Taylor White | 1758 |