# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-stott-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:27:30.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-stott-taylor"
name: "Hugh Stott Taylor"
slug: "hugh-stott-taylor"
description: "Sir Hugh Stott Taylor was an English chemist primarily interested in catalysis. In 1925, in a landmark contribution to catalytic theory, Taylor suggested that a catalysed chemical reaction is not catalysed over the entire solid surface of the catalyst but only at certain 'active sites' or centres.\nHe also developed important methods for procuring heavy water during World War II and pioneered the use of stable isotopes in studying chemical reactions."
tagline: "British chemist (1890–1974)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1890-02-06"
deathDate: "1974-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.671022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Hugh Stott Taylor"
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    title: "ヒュー・テイラー"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump