William Taylor (11 June 1865 – February 28, 1937) was a British inventor who invented items for improvement of

photographic lens A camera lens (also known as photographic lens or photographic objective) is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capab ...

es. New York Times:Taylor, Inventor, Dies Driving in a Blizzard;March 02, 1937;inventor of many processes for improvement of photographic lenses and adviser to George Eastman
/ref>Institution of Mechanical Engineers;President William Taylor;1932
/ref> Taylor was president of

Institution of Mechanical Engineers The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is an independent professional association and learned society headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. With over 120,000 member ...

, and a Fellow of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

References

1865 births 1937 deaths British inventors Fellows of the Royal Society {{UK-engineer-stub