John R. Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John R. Taylor

British-born American physicist

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1939

Place of Birth: Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Profession: physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

John Robert Taylor is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
He received his B.A.
in mathematics at Cambridge University, and his Ph.D.
from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963 with thesis advisor Geoffrey Chew.
Taylor has written several college-level physics textbooks.
His bestselling book is An Introduction to Error Analysis, which has been translated into six languages.
Taylor was designated a Presidential Teaching Scholar in 1991.
He has also received an Emmy Award for his television series Physics 4 Fun (1988–1990).