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Richard E. Taylor

Canadian physicist (1929-2018)

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Lived 1929–2018, aged 89Canada
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  • Fame4.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Canada rank#28
  • Scientists rank#121
  • Wikipedia658
  • Wikipedia
    65 languages
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  • Rank in Canada
    #28
    Scientists
  • Era
    1929–2018
    Aged 89
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Updated 2026-06-01

Richard Edward Taylor, was a Canadian physicist and Stanford University professor.

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Scientist
Category
Scientists
Country
Canada
Country rank
#28
Category rank
#121
Last updated
2026-06-01
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Richard Edward Taylor, was a Canadian physicist and Stanford University professor. He shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry 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."

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Category rank
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Born
November 2, 1929
Died
February 22, 2018
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