Background
Taylor, Norman was born on May 18, 1883 in Hereford, England. Son of James Durham and Mary Ann (Preece) Taylor.
Taylor, Norman was born on May 18, 1883 in Hereford, England. Son of James Durham and Mary Ann (Preece) Taylor.
Student Cornell Univercity, 1901-1902.
Came to the United States, 1889, naturalized, 1896. Assistant curator New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 1905-1911. Curator of plants Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1911-1929.
Botany, horticulture and forestry editor, Webster’s New International Dictionary, second edition
Editor of The Garden Dictionary, Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1933-1936. Director of Cinchona Products Institute, Incorporated., 1937-1950.
Advisor Cinchona Instituut, Amsterdam, 1951-1953. Plant exploring expeditions to Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Yucatan, Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Brazil.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Torrey Botanical. Clubs: Century, Players, Explorers (New York City).