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Thomas Griffith Taylor

British geographer, anthropologist and world explorer. (1880-1963) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 82

Thomas Griffith "Grif" Taylor was an English-born geographer, anthropologist, explorer, and academic. He was a survivor of Captain Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica (1910-1913). Taylor was a senior academic geographer at universities in Sydney, Chicago, and Toronto.

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1963Died5 November 19631954Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1923David Livingstone Centenary MedalAward1918David Syme Research PrizeAward1880Born1 December 1880

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Awards

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science1954
David Livingstone Centenary Medal1923
David Syme Research Prize1918
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1963 · aged 82