Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018 (original) (raw)
Dates
November 2, 1929 – February 22, 2018
Authorized Form of Name
Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018
Additional Forms of Names
Taylor, Richard E., 1929-
Biography
Abstract
Richard Taylor was Professor Emeritus at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) (2003-present). His research interests included particle physics, interactions of electrons and photons with matter, high energy electron scattering, gamma rays in space, and gravitational waves.
Important Dates
November 2, 1929Birth, Medicine Hat (Alta.).
1950Obtained BSc, University of Alberta, Edmonton (Alta.).
1952Obtained MSc, University of Alberta, Edmonton (Alta.).
1958 – 1961Boursier, Linear Accelerator Laboratory, Orsay.
1961 – 1962Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
1962Obtained PhD in Physics, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1962 – presentExperimental Physicist (1962-1968); Associate Professor (1968-1970); Professor (1970-2003); Associate Director, Research Division (1982-1986); and Professor Emeritus (2003-present), Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Menlo Park (Calif.).
1971 – 1972Guggenheim Fellow, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
1989Awarded W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, American Physical Society.
1990Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome I. Friedman and Henry W. Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics".
1993Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1993 – 1999Lewis M. Terman Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University.
February 22, 2018Death, Stanford (Calif.).
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Bonneau, Rita
Wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
Friedman, Jerome I. (Jerome Isaac), 1930-
Shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Henry W. Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics".
Kendall, Henry W. (Henry Way), 1926-1999
Shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome I. Friedman "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics".
Colleagues
Arnold, R. G. (Raymond George), 1942-
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Stephens, F. S. (Frank Samuel)
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Ecole normale supérieure (France). Laboratoire de l’accélérateur linéaire
Boursier.
Physicist (Berkeley campus).
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Professor Emeritus.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Experimental Physicist; Associate Professor; Professor; Associate Director, Research Division; and Professor Emeritus.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering
Lewis M. Terman Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1989 W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Guggenheim Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1962).
University of Alberta. Department of Physics
Obtained BSc (1950) and MSc (1952).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Richard E. Taylor papers, 1964-1992.
National Accelerator Laboratory. Archives and History Office
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Barry C. Barish, 1998 May-June.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Published Resources
Author
Richard E. Taylor Nobel Prize autobiography.