COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Robert Taylor

1932 - 2017

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Robert William Taylor (February 10, 1932 – April 13, 2017), known as Bob Taylor, was an American Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other related technologies. He was director of ARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office from 1965 through 1969, founder and later manager of Xerox PARC's Computer Science Laboratory from 1970 through 1983, and founder and manager of Digital Equipment Corporation's Systems Research Center until 1996. Uniquely, Taylor had no formal academic training or research experience in computer science; Severo Ornstein likened Taylor to a "concert pianist without fingers", a perception reaffirmed by historian Leslie Berlin: "Taylor could hear a faint melody in the distance, but he could not play it himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Taylor has received more than 183,529 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert Taylor is the 110th most popular computer scientist (down from 91st in 2019), the 5,913th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,208th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Robert Taylor ranks 110 out of 245. Before him are Anita Borg, Adele Goldberg, Robert W. Floyd, Kristen Nygaard, Eugene Kaspersky, and John Hopcroft. After him are David A. Huffman, Liu Gang, Rasmus Lerdorf, Scott Fahlman, Peter Norton, and Kenneth E. Iverson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Taylor ranks 293. Before him are Sígfrid Gràcia, Marc Fumaroli, Atef Ebeid, Kenneth Appel, Francisco Umbral, and Maria Itkina. After him are Hans van Manen, Donald Kagan, Raymond Kaelbel, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Mickey Kuhn, and Hans Apel. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert Taylor ranks 313. Before him are Vinod Khanna, Betty Cuthbert, John Abercrombie, Viktor Tsaryov, Cuthbert Sebastian, and Robert Alt. After him are Darlanne Fluegel, Armando Calderón Sol, Lola Albright, Ernst Zündel, Pierluigi Chicca, and William Lombardy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 5,913 out of 20,380. Before him are Gram Parsons (1946), Brian Herbert (1947), Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Robert Pine (1941), David Bushnell (1742), and Phyllis Smith (1951). After him are Max O. Lorenz (1876), Wes Bentley (1978), John Lee Hancock (1956), Al Smith (1873), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), and Harry Daghlian (1921).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 65. Before him are Betty Holberton (1917), Jean Bartik (1924), Anita Borg (1949), Adele Goldberg (1945), Robert W. Floyd (1936), and John Hopcroft (1939). After him are David A. Huffman (1925), Scott Fahlman (1948), Peter Norton (1943), Lynn Conway (1938), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), and Jack Dongarra (1950).

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