Richard Cowling Taylor [SEP] date of birth
Richard Cowling Taylor
Richard Cowling Taylor (18 January 1789 – 26 October 1851) was an English surveyor and geologist.
Life.
Taylor, third son of Samuel Taylor, farmer, was born at Hinton, Suffolk, on 18 January 1789. He was educated at Halesworth, and articled to Mr. Webb, land surveyor at Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, in July 1805. He received further instruction from William Smith (1769–1839), the "Father of British geology", and finally became
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