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Harold Dennis Taylor (1862, Huddersfield - 26 February 1943) was a British optical designer and inventor, chiefly famous for the invention of the Cooke Triplet, although he was granted about 50 other patents.〔(brief bio of H. Dennis Taylor from europa.com )〕 He was born in 1862 in Huddersfield, attended St Peter's School, York, and began the study of architecture. Circa 1880, he abandoned this to work at Thomas Cooke and Sons of York, a company which produced the finest quality optical instruments, telescopes in particular. As optical manager and chief designer for Thomas Cooke, he won fame for the design and patent in 1893〔(Patent 22607, Nov 25, 1893. )〕 of the Cooke Triplet and was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize in 1933. He died in retirement in Coxwold, North Yorkshire. He had married Charlotte Fernandes Barff of Portugal and had one daughter and two sons. Their son Edward was also a published optical designer. File:Cooke triplet.JPG|Cooke triplet File:A System of Applied Optics.JPG ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold Dennis Taylor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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