Alfred Swaine Taylor | |
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| Born | 11 December 1806 Northfleet, Kent, UK |
| Died | 27 May 1880 (aged 73) London, England |
| Burial place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Toxicologist, Surgeon, Chemist, Forensic Scientist, Expert witness, Author |
| Years active | 1831-1870 |
| Spouse |
Caroline Cancellor
(m. 1834; died 1876) |
| Children | 2 |
Alfred Swaine Taylor (11 December 1806 in Northfleet, Kent – 27 May 1880 in London) was an English toxicologist and medical writer, who has been called the "father of British forensic medicine".[1][2] He was also an early experimenter in photography.[3]
- ^ Rosenfeld, Louis, 'Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806–1880), pioneer toxicologist – and a slight case of murder',Clinical Chemistry 31:7 (1985)
- ^ Alfred Swaine Taylor. Royal College of Physicians of London (2009)
- ^ Taylor, Roger, Impressed by Light. British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860, (Yale University Press, 2007), p.378.
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