Robert W. Taylor
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Robert W. Taylor was an influential American computer scientist and research manager who played a key role in the development of ARPANET and modern computer networking.
Aliases (1)
- Robert William Taylor ×1
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| instanceOf |
American
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computer scientist → human → research manager → |
| awardReceived |
ACM Software System Award
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IEEE John von Neumann Medal → National Medal of Technology and Innovation → |
| birthDate |
1932-02-10
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| birthPlace |
Dallas, Texas, United States
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| causeOfDeath |
Parkinson’s disease
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| deathDate |
2017-04-13
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| degree |
bachelor’s degree in experimental psychology
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| educatedAt |
Southern Methodist University
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University of Texas at Austin → |
| employer |
Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Digital Equipment Corporation → Xerox PARC → |
| familyName |
Taylor
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| fieldOfWork |
computer networking
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computer science → human–computer interaction → |
| fullName |
Robert William Taylor
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| givenName |
Robert
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| hasRole |
program manager
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research director → visionary in interactive computing → |
| influenced |
development of personal computing environments
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development of the internet → |
| knownFor |
contributions to modern computer networking
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funding and managing early internet research → leadership in development of ARPANET → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| notableStudent |
researchers at DEC Systems Research Center
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researchers at Xerox PARC Computer Science Laboratory → |
| notableWork |
oversight of ARPANET initial development contracts
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support of time-sharing and interactive computing research → |
| positionHeld |
director of the Information Processing Techniques Office at ARPA
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founder and manager of the DEC Systems Research Center → founder and manager of the Xerox PARC Computer Science Laboratory → founder and manager of the Xerox PARC Systems Science Laboratory → |
| residence |
Woodside, California, United States
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| spouse |
Iris Taylor
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| workedOn |
ARPANET
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distributed systems research at DEC → networked personal computing at Xerox PARC → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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The Computer as a Communication Device
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Robert W. Taylor
("Robert William Taylor")
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fullName |