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Education
Taylor was educated at Albemarle School in Hounslow until, at the age of 15, he was apprenticed to a surgeon in Lenham, Kent. After a year, he transfered to Guy's Hospital in London to continue his studies, where he would remain for the rest of his career. He travelled on the Continent, furthering his studies at European medical schools where cadavers were more easily acquired for Dissection than in Britain at the time.

Publications
His first published works are the Italian articles on ophthalmology. blah de blah. something about his wife's help.

Personal life
Taylor was the son of Thomas Taylor, a captain in the East India Company, and his wife Susannah Bachelor Badger. He had one brother, Silas Badger Taylor, who became a merchant.

In 1834, Taylor married Caroline Cancellor, daughter of a stock broker. They lived on Cambridge Place (now whatever it's called) just of Regent's Park in London. They had two children: Richard Alfred, (dates), and Edith Caroline (dates). Edith married Frederick Methold, a clerk in the Court of Common Pleas and great-nephew of Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal.

In 1860, Taylor's nephew - son of Caroline Taylor's brother ?? Cancellor - died after being beaten by his schoolmaster, Thomas Hopley. The case became known as the Eastbourne manslaughter.

In the early 1850s, Taylor moved from Cambridge Place to the since-demolished St James' Terrace on the northern edge of Regent's Park. This was his home until he died in 1880.

Notable cases
Taylor was consulted on hundreds of murder and manslaughter cases over his long career. Although he was frequently approached for his toxicological knowledge, he was also consulted regarding cases involving analysis of wounds and blood.
 * Sarah Chesham (1847? and 1851)
 * Joseph Snaith Wooler (1855)
 * William Palmer (murderer), "The Rugeley Poisoner" (1856)
 * Thomas Smethurst (1859)
 * Catherine Taylor/Constance Taylor/etc (?)
 * Frederick Baker (1867), murderer of Fanny Adams

Public health
Restriction on Arsenic Sales, consulted by government, raised the issue of arsenical wallpaper and paint dyes, tested water.