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Robert Taylor

1932 - 2017

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Robert William Taylor (February 10, 1932 – April 13, 2017), known as Bob Taylor, was an American Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other related technologies. He was director of ARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office from 1965 through 1969, founder and later manager of Xerox PARC's Computer Science Laboratory from 1970 through 1983, and founder and manager of Digital Equipment Corporation's Systems Research Center until 1996. Uniquely, Taylor had no formal academic training or research experience in computer science; Severo Ornstein likened Taylor to a "concert pianist without fingers", a perception reaffirmed by historian Leslie Berlin: "Taylor could hear a faint melody in the distance, but he could not play it himself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Taylor is the 133rd most popular computer scientist (down from 110th in 2019), the 7,391st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,912th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Taylor ranks 133 out of 245. Before him are Karen Spärck Jones, Peter Norton, Edmund M. Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, Abraham Lempel, and Bill Joy. After him are Christos Papadimitriou, Jack Dongarra, Andy Rubin, Paul G. Comba, Anita Borg, and Vitalik Buterin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Taylor ranks 355. Before him are Javier Ambrois, Antal Bolvári, Walter Kollmann, Irma Johansson, Nino Defilippis, and Jan Jindra. After him are Gábor Delneky, Katy Bødtger, Mario Cuomo, Paul R. Ehrlich, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, and Ludovico Avio. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert Taylor ranks 370. Before him are Robert Alt, Paula Fox, Smail Hamdani, Clare Hollingworth, Walter Kollmann, and Míriam Colón. After him are Katy Bødtger, Vladimir Shainsky, Ezio Pascutti, Ivar Aronsson, Jacques Simon, and Patrick Nève.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 7,393 out of 20,380. Before him are Mel Sheppard (1883), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Marty Balin (1942), Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), Sophia Bush (1982), and Mary Oliver (1935). After him are Charles Willson Peale (1741), Roger McGuinn (1942), Morton Gould (1913), Herbie Mann (1930), Tim Hardin (1941), and Norman Spinrad (1940).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 77. Before him are Gil Amelio (1943), David A. Huffman (1925), Peter Norton (1943), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), E. Allen Emerson (1954), and Bill Joy (1954). After him are Jack Dongarra (1950), Andy Rubin (1963), Anita Borg (1949), James Rumbaugh (1947), Jack Dorsey (1976), and Phil Zimmermann (1954).

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