Rupert Maurice Thornely-Taylor

Background

Thornely-Taylor, Rupert Maurice was born on May 21, 1946 in Whalton, Northumberland, England. Son of Maurice Humphrey Taylor and Mary Patricia Stuart (Wood) Pearson.

Career

Private practice, London, since 1968. Expert witness Royal Commission Environmental Pollution, select committees House ofCommons, House of Lords, since 1970. Member United Kingdom Noise Advisory Council, 1970-1980;deputy chairman Working Group Noise as Hazard to Health, 1976-1980.

Chairman Working Group Noise Monitoring, 1974. Consultant Organisation Economics Co-operation and Development, Paris, 1980, British Mass Transit Cons., Taipei, Taiwan, 1987, Seventh Plan Urban and Regional Transport, Bangkok, 1991. Consultant noise and vibration London Underground Limited, since 1990, London Docklands Development Corporation, since 1983, National Rivers Authority, Maidenhead, England, since 1990.

Noise consultant City of London, since 1990.

Achievements

• Rupert Maurice Thornely-Taylor has been listed as a noteworthy Acoustical consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Fairwarp Conservation Association, East Sussex, England, 1991. Member Institute Acoustics (honorary treasurer 1971-1979, fellow 1981), Association Noise Cons. (honorary treasurer 1972-1975), Acoustical Society American, Institute Noise ControlEngring.

(associate), National Pony Society (honorary treasurer since 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: painting, gardening, British native ponies.

Connections

Married Alison Grant Saunders, June 17, 1964 (divorced 1987). Married Frances MarionLinbird, May 21, 1988.

Father:

Maurice Humphrey Taylor Pearson

Mother:

Mary Patricia Stuart (Wood) Pearson

Spouse:

Frances MarionLinbird

Spouse:

Alison Grant Saunders