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Sedley Taylor (29 November 1834 – 14 March 1920) was a British academic, librarian and one of the Professors at the Trinity College in Cambridge, England. He is known for his works on the science of music〔Devine, Kyle. ''(Imperfect Sound Forever: Loudness, Listening Formations, and the Historiography of Sound Reproduction ).'' Diss. Carleton University, 2012. 〕 and on profit-sharing in industry.〔Bougen, Philip D. "The emergence, roles and consequences of an accounting—industrial relations interaction." ''Accounting, Organizations and Society'' 14.3 (1989): 203-234.〕〔Poole, Michael, and Glenville Jenkins. ''The impact of economic democracy: Profit-sharing and employee-shareholding schemes.'' Routledge, 2013.〕 == Biography == Born at Kingston upon Thames, Surrey as the son of a surgeon, Taylor attended the University College School in London, and received his BA in theology in 1859 and his MA in 1862. Taylor was ordained to a curacy near Birmingham, but withdrawal from active theological pursuits in 1863. He was a proponent of the movement for greater academic freedom at Cambridge. Taylor became a Fellow at the Trinity College in Cambridge, but gave up his fellowship about the same time Henry Sidgwick (1869) and Leslie Stephen (1862) gave up theirs. Taylor kept affiliated with the Trinity College without a post in College, and expended his research interests from theology, mathematics, physical science, practical economics] to preeminently music.〔Cyril Rootham. "(Obituary: Mr. Sedley Taylor )" in: ''Nature.'' 105, 143-143 (01 April 1920)〕 In west Cambridge the Sedley Taylor Road is named after him. 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「Sedley Taylor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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