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TAYGETUS 259 TAYLOR from which it keeps the salubrious visits of the W. winds, and thus makes it one of the hottest places in Greece. TAYLOR, ALONZO ENGLEBERT, an American university professor, born at Alden, la., in 1871. He studied at Cor- nell College, la., at De Pauw University, at the University of Berlin, and the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, becoming an M.D. in 1894. In 1899-1910 he was pro- fessor of pathology in the University of California, and has been Rush professor of physiology and chemistry in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania since 1910. He was appointed as secretary on the War Trade Board in 1917. He is a member of the Association of American Physi- cians and of the American Association of Pathologists. TAYLOR, ALBERT REYNOLDS, an American university president, born at Magnolia, 111., in 1846. He studied at Illinois State Normal University and was professor of natural science at Lincoln University, 1872-1882. He was president of the State Naval School of Kansas, 1882-1901; and president of the James Milliken University, Decatur, 111., 1901- 1913; acting president of the same, 1915- 1919; and president emeritus after 1919. He has lectured before Chautauquas. His works include: "The Church at Work in the Sunday School"; "Civil Government in Kansas"; "The Study of the Child"; "The Government of the State and Nation." TAYLOR, a borough of Pennsylvania in Lackawanna co. It is on the Lacka- wanna River and on the Central of New Jersey, the Delaware and Hudson, and the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western railroads. It is the center of an impor- tant coal mining region and has manu- factories of silk. Pop. (1910) 9,060; (1920) 9,876. TAYLOR, a city of Texas, in Wil- liamson CO. It is on the Missouri, Kan- sas and Texas, and the International and Great Northern railroads. It is the cen- ter of an important cotton region, and its industries include live stock, wool, and the manufacture of machine-shop products, flour, cottonseed oil. The re- pair shops of the International and Great Northern Railroad are here. It is watered largely bv artesian wells. Pop. (1910) 5,314; (1920) 5,965. TAYLOR, BERT LESTON, an Amer- ican writer, bom at Goshen, Mass., in 1866. He was educated at the College of the City of New York and later entered journalism. He became known in con- nection with a humorous column in the Chicago "Tribune," headed "A Line-o'- R Type or Two." His works include : "Line- o'-Type Lyrics"; "The Well in the Wood"; "The Log of the Water Wagon"; "The Charlatans"; "Extra Dry"; "A Line-o'- Verse or Two"; "The Pipesmoke Carry"; "Motley Measures." He died in 1921. TAYLOR, BAYARD, an Am.erican writer and traveler; born in Kennett Square, Chester co.. Pa., Jan. 11, 1825. He learned the trade of a printer; con- tributed to various magazines; made a journey through Europe on foot in 1844- 1845; on his return published "Views Afoot in Europe," and in this way gained a position on the staff of the New York "Tribune." He afterward traveled ex- tensively, giving his experiences in "El- dorado" (1850) ; "Central Africa" (1854); "The Land of the Saracens" (1854) ; "Visit to India, China, and Ja- pan" (1855) ; "Northern Travel" (1858); "Crete and Russia" (1859); "Byways of Europe" (1869) ; and "Egypt and Iceland" (1874). He also published several novels; various volumes of verse, such as "Rhymes of Travel" (1848) ; "A Book of Romances, Lyrics, and Songs" (1851); "Poems and Ballads" (1854); "Poems of the Orient" (1855) ; "The Masque of the Gods" (1872) ; and a translation of Goethe's "Faust" in the original meters. He resided in Germany for lengthened periods, was for some time United States secretary of legation at Petrograd, and latterly was Unit- ed States minister to Germany. He died in Berlin Dec. 19, 1878. TAYLOR, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, an American author; born in Lowville, N. Y., July 19, 1819. He was for several years connected with the Chicago "Eve- ning Journal." He wrote: "Pictures of Life in Camp and Field" (1871) ; "The World on Wheels, etc." (1874) ; "Song of Yesterday" (1877) ; "Between the Gates" (1878) ; "Summer Savory, etc." (1879) ; "Duke Domum" (1884) ; "Theo- philus Trent," a novel (1887) ; etc. Among his best-knovvm poems are "Isle of the Long Ago," "Rhymes of the River," and "The Old Village Choir." He died in Cleveland, 0., Feb. 24, 1887. TAYLOR, FREDERICK WINSLOW, an American efficiency engineer, born at Germantown, Pa., in 1856. He studied at the Stevens Institute of Technology and later employed at the Midvale Steel Company, Philadelphia, as fore- man, master mechanic, chief draftsman, and chief engineer. Afterward he or- ganized the management of several man- ufacturing concerns, such as the Beth- lehem Steel, Cramp's Shipbuilding and the Midvale Steel companies. He has had success as an inventor, patenting Cyc — Vol. IX