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Thomas Taylor
Born	1820  Perthshire
Died	1910  (aged 89–90)
Occupation	Microscopist, phytopathologist
Employer	United States Department of Agriculture

Thomas Taylor (1820–1910) was a Scottish-American plant pathologist and microscopist. He was among the first to publish works on microscopic plant pathology with the USDA.

Taylor was born in Perthshire, Scotland. He immigrated to the United States at the invitation of Abraham Lincoln in 1851. In 1871, he was hired by the USDA and became head of microscopy. He was often criticized for his lack of professional training, and his work was discredited and buried by his colleagues. However, his research into fungal diseases of fruit was later praised.

Taylor died in 1910.

References

1. ^ Grace, J K (September 1988). "The Role of Thomas Taylor in the History of American Phytopathology". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 26 (1): 25–29. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.26.090188.000325.
2. True, Alfred Charles (1937). A History of Agricultural Experimentation and Research in the United States, 1607-1925: Including a History of the United States Department of Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture. pp. 51, 179.
3. International Plant Names Index.  T.Taylor.

• 19th-century Scottish botanists
• American phytopathologists
• Microscopists
• United States Department of Agriculture people
• Scottish emigrants to the United States
• People from Perthshire