Samuel W. Taylor

Samuel Woolley Taylor (February 5, 1907 – September 26, 1997) was an American novelist, scriptwriter, and historian.

He is best-known for the short story "A Situation of Gravity" in the May 22, 1943 issue of Liberty magazine. This story was adapted to film and television several times. The first version was The Walt Disney Company movie The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), followed by the theatrical sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), and two made-for-TV legacy sequels starring Harry Anderson, The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) and The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places (1989). The 1997 film Flubber starring Robin Williams is a remake of the first film. Taylor also wrote several novels and non-fiction works, some of which touch on Latter-day Saint themes.