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'''Charles Taylor''' (born in London [[1840]]; died [[1908]]<ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FTaylor;recurse=1]</ref>) was an English Christian Hebraist. |
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'''Charles Taylor''' (1840–1908) was an English [[Christian Hebraist]]. |
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==Life== |
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| ⚫ | He was educated at [[King's College |
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| ⚫ | Taylor was born on 27 May 1840 in London. He was educated at [[King's College School]], and [[St. John's College, Cambridge]], where graduated BA as 9th [[wrangler (University of Cambridge)|wrangler]] in 1862 and became a fellow of his college in 1864.<ref>{{acad|id=TLR858C|name=Taylor, Charles}}</ref> He became Master of St John's in 1881. In 1874 he published an edition of ''[[Coheleth]]''; in 1877 ''Sayings of the Jewish Fathers'',<ref>Online text ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/sjf/ Sayings of the Jewish Fathers]''.</ref> an elaborate edition of the ''[[Pirḳe Abot]]'' (2 ed., 1897); and in 1899 a valuable appendix giving a list of manuscripts. |
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Taylor discovered the Jewish source of the ''[[Didache]]'' in his ''Teaching of the Twelve Apostles'', 1886, and published also an ''Essay on the Theology of the Didache'', 1889. |
Taylor discovered the Jewish source of the ''[[Didache]]'' in his ''Teaching of the Twelve Apostles'', 1886, and published also an ''Essay on the Theology of the Didache'', 1889. |
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Taylor took great interest in [[Solomon Schechter]]'s work |
Taylor took a great interest in [[Solomon Schechter]]'s work on [[Cairo Geniza]], and the ''[[genizah]]'' fragments presented to the [[University of Cambridge]] are known as the Taylor-Schechter Collection.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Taylor-Schechter/Collection.html |title=Taylor-Schechter: a Priceless Collection<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707012158/http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Taylor-Schechter/Collection.html |archive-date=2009-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was joint editor with Schechter of ''The Wisdom of Ben Sira'', 1899. He published separately ''Cairo Genizah Palimpsests'', 1900. |
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He wrote also several works on geometry and participated in the creation and running of the journal ''[[Messenger of Mathematics]]''. |
He wrote also several works on geometry and participated in the creation and running of the journal ''[[Messenger of Mathematics]]''. |
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On 19 October 1907 he married Margaret Sophia Dillon, daughter of the Hon. Conrad Dillon. |
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He died in Nuremberg on 12 August 1908<ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FTaylor;recurse=1 Janus: Papers of Charles Taylor<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and is buried in the [[Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge|Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground]] in Cambridge. |
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==References== |
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===Footnotes=== |
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*''Who's Who in England'' |
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*''Who was Who: Vol. 1: 1897–1915''. London: A. & C. Black |
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==External links== |
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* {{Find a Grave|99237796}} |
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*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=95&letter=T Charles Taylor] in [[The Jewish Encyclopedia]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 17 August 2024
Charles Taylor | |
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 Charles Taylor by C. E. Brock | |
| Born | 27 May 1840  |
| Died | 12 August 1908 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Theologian, academic, Hebraist, mathematician |
Charles Taylor (1840–1908) was an English Christian Hebraist.
Life
[edit]Taylor was born on 27 May 1840 in London. He was educated at King's College School, and St. John's College, Cambridge, where graduated BA as 9th wrangler in 1862 and became a fellow of his college in 1864.[1] He became Master of St John's in 1881. In 1874 he published an edition of Coheleth; in 1877 Sayings of the Jewish Fathers,[2] an elaborate edition of the Pirḳe Abot (2 ed., 1897); and in 1899 a valuable appendix giving a list of manuscripts.
Taylor discovered the Jewish source of the Didache in his Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, 1886, and published also an Essay on the Theology of the Didache, 1889.
Taylor took a great interest in Solomon Schechter's work on Cairo Geniza, and the genizah fragments presented to the University of Cambridge are known as the Taylor-Schechter Collection.[3] He was joint editor with Schechter of The Wisdom of Ben Sira, 1899. He published separately Cairo Genizah Palimpsests, 1900.
He wrote also several works on geometry and participated in the creation and running of the journal Messenger of Mathematics.
On 19 October 1907 he married Margaret Sophia Dillon, daughter of the Hon. Conrad Dillon.
He died in Nuremberg on 12 August 1908[4] and is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Taylor, Charles (TLR858C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Online text Sayings of the Jewish Fathers.
- ^ "Taylor-Schechter: a Priceless Collection". Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
- ^ Janus: Papers of Charles Taylor
Bibliography
[edit]- Who was Who: Vol. 1: 1897–1915. London: A. & C. Black
External links
[edit]- Charles Taylor at Find a Grave
- Charles Taylor in The Jewish Encyclopedia
- Works by Charles Taylor at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)