1932 - 2017
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. He knew whether to move up or down the scale to approximate the sound, he could recognize when a note was wrong, but he needed someone else to make the music."His awards include the National Medal of Technology and Innovation and the Draper Prize. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Taylor has received more than 169,088 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Taylor is the 91st most popular computer scientist (down from 87th in 2019), the 5,220th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,364th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Computer Scientist.
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Among computer scientists, Robert Taylor ranks 91 out of 201. Before him are Eric S. Raymond, Richard M. Karp, Liviu Librescu, Ruth Teitelbaum, Eugene Kaspersky, and Robert W. Floyd. After him are Stephen Wolfram, Marlyn Meltzer, Radia Perlman, Joseph Sifakis, Eugene Garfield, and Manuel Blum.
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 85
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 86
1930 - 2007
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 87
1924 - 1986
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 88
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 89
1936 - 2001
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 90
1932 - 2017
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 91
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 92
1922 - 2008
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 93
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 94
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 95
1925 - 2017
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 96
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 97
Among people born in 1932, Robert Taylor ranks 254. Before him are Dabney Coleman, László Sárosi, Lajos Csordás, Antonio Roma, Paulinho de Almeida, and Edward O. Thorp. After him are Richard Estes, Katherine Paterson, Paul R. Ehrlich, Edgar Reitz, Quentin Blake, and Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert Taylor ranks 262. Before him are Nicky Hayden, Teresa Ann Savoy, Paula Fox, Alois Mock, Vitaly Churkin, and Jaki Liebezeit. After him are Barry Dennen, Victor Lanoux, Timo Mäkinen, Angry Grandpa, Darlene Cates, and Ludvig Faddeev.
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 248
1932 - 2016
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 249
1932 - 1968
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 250
1932 - 2013
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 251
1932 - 2007
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 252
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 253
1932 - 2017
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 254
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 255
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 256
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 257
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 258
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 259
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 260
1981 - 2017
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 256
1955 - 2017
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 257
1923 - 2017
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 258
1934 - 2017
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 259
1952 - 2017
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 260
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 261
1932 - 2017
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 262
1938 - 2017
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 263
1936 - 2017
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 264
1938 - 2017
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 265
1950 - 2017
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 266
1947 - 2017
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 267
1934 - 2017
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 268
Among people born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 5,220 out of 18,182. Before him are Roscoe Tanner (1951), Tammy Wynette (1942), Nathan Lane (1956), Ted Neeley (1943), Frank Churchill (1901), and Nathanael West (1903). After him are Barnum Brown (1873), Moe Tucker (1944), George Pickett (1825), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Nathan East (1955), and T. C. Boyle (1948).
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 5,214
1942 - 1998
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 5,215
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 5,216
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 5,217
1901 - 1942
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,218
1903 - 1940
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,219
1932 - 2017
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,220
1873 - 1963
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,221
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,222
1825 - 1875
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 5,223
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,224
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,225
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 5,226
Among computer scientists born in United States, Robert Taylor ranks 56. Before him are David A. Huffman (1925), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Richard M. Karp (1935), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), and Robert W. Floyd (1936). After him are Marlyn Meltzer (1922), Radia Perlman (1951), Eugene Garfield (1925), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), John Hopcroft (1939), and Betty Holberton (1917).
1925 - 1999
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 50
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 51
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 52
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 53
1924 - 1986
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 54
1936 - 2001
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 55
1932 - 2017
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 56
1922 - 2008
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 57
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 58
1925 - 2017
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 59
1945 - 2020
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 60
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 61
1917 - 2001
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 62