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Tom Taylor (other)
Tom Taylor (1817–1880) was a British dramatist and editor of ''Punch'' magazine. Tom Taylor may also refer to: * Tom Taylor (actor), English actor known for role in ''The Dark Tower'' * Tom Taylor (American football) (born 1962), American football guard * Tom Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn (1929–2016), UK Labour politician * Tom Taylor (sculptor) (1925- 1994), New Zealand sculptor * Tom Taylor (billiards player), World Professional Billiards Championship runner-up * Tom Taylor (cricketer, born 1994), English cricketer for Derbyshire and Leicestershire * Tom Taylor (English footballer) (born 1985), English footballer * Tom Taylor (Glamorgan cricketer) (1911–1970), Welsh cricketer * Tom Taylor (mayor), retired mayor of Newmarket, Ontario * Tom Taylor (rugby union) (born 1989), New Zealand rugby union footballer * Tom Taylor (soccer) (1880–1945), 1904 Olympic football (soccer) competitor from Canada * Tom Taylor (writer) (born 1978), Australian comic book author and screenwr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of ''Punch'' magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of ''Punch''. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theatre career and became best known as a playwright, with up to 100 plays staged during his career. Many were adaptations of French plays, but these and his original works cover a range from farce to melodrama. Most fell into neglect after Taylor's death, but ''Our American Cousin'' (1858), which achieved great success in the 19th century, remains famous as the piece that was being performed in the presence of Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in 1865. Life and career Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
