101:
123:
of Births, Deaths and
Marriages for Scotland, a post he held until his retirement in 1966. During his term of office he was responsible for the administration of two censuses, the Scottish full census of 1961 and the ten per cent sample in 1966.
372:
377:
367:
288:
387:
21:
28:
116:
397:
105:
252:
382:
301:
271:
392:
412:
402:
233:
152:
407:
120:
49:
33:
94:
307:
128:
132:
338:
198:
72:
68:
209:
He married twice: firstly to Jean
Allardyce, and, following Jean's death in 1959, he married Elizabeth.
156:
136:
362:
357:
87:
140:
249:
297:
194:
163:
56:
342:
275:
268:
256:
237:
32:(6 June 1904 – 13 March 1972) was a Scottish civil servant and author who served as the
148:
351:
144:
230:
112:
100:
290:
Biographical Index of Former
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
119:
and in 1947 was promoted to
Assistant Secretary. In 1959 Taylor was appointed
250:
General
Register Office for Scotland, history and list of Registrars General
182:
231:
Archives Hub, University of
Manchester. Papers of Dr. Alexander Burt Taylor
173:
Road, a modest semi-detached house in western
Edinburgh on 13 March 1972.
170:
79:
60:
45:
187:
The
Orkneying Saga: A new translation with introduction and notes (1938)
83:
64:
99:
335:
162:
He was succeeded in his role as
Registrar General in 1955 by
48:, Berwickshire, Scotland, the son of Rev A. B. Taylor of the
191:
British and Irish place-names in Old Norse literature (1953)
59:
his father moved to the
Paterson United Free Church in
104:New Register House, Edinburgh, headquarters of the
201:. Taylor died on 13 March 1972 at the age of 67.
226:
224:
222:
93:In 1933, he became a School Inspector for the
44:Alexander Burt Taylor was born 6 June 1904 at
373:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
296:. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006.
8:
135:on 6 March of that year. His proposers were
129:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
269:Royal Society of Edinburgh. List of Fellows
97:, a branch of the Scottish Civil Service.
67:in 1919, so he completed his schooling at
378:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
218:
368:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
7:
336:General Register Office for Scotland
106:General Register Office for Scotland
388:People educated at Hamilton Academy
14:
193:. He was awarded the degree of
185:and author of a translation of
181:Taylor was also a Scandinavian
71:. Taylor matriculated at the
50:United Free Church of Scotland
34:Registrar General for Scotland
1:
398:Scandinavian studies scholars
117:Scottish Department of Health
95:Scottish Education Department
131:and elected a Fellow of the
127:In 1961 Taylor was invested
55:Following schooling at the
429:
383:Old Norse studies scholars
133:Royal Society of Edinburgh
75:and graduated MA in 1925.
393:People from Berwickshire
341:19 December 2009 at the
78:He taught at schools in
413:Scottish schoolteachers
403:Scottish civil servants
199:University of Edinburgh
115:he was seconded to the
73:University of Edinburgh
69:Kirkwall Grammar School
278:. Retrieved 2011-04-16
274:28 August 2008 at the
259:. Retrieved 2011-04-16
240:. Retrieved 2011-04-16
108:
408:Scottish philologists
157:John McQueen Johnston
137:James Norman Davidson
103:
86:in Scotland, then at
17:Alexander Burt Taylor
236:16 July 2011 at the
111:At the beginning of
255:16 May 2011 at the
88:Columbia University
141:John Ronald Peddie
109:
195:Doctor of Letters
153:George Montgomery
121:Registrar-General
420:
323:
322:
320:
318:
312:
306:. Archived from
295:
285:
279:
266:
260:
247:
241:
228:
164:James Allan Ford
57:Hamilton Academy
31:
26:
428:
427:
423:
422:
421:
419:
418:
417:
348:
347:
343:Wayback Machine
332:
327:
326:
316:
314:
313:on 4 March 2016
310:
304:
293:
287:
286:
282:
276:Wayback Machine
267:
263:
257:Wayback Machine
248:
244:
238:Wayback Machine
229:
220:
215:
207:
179:
42:
24:
20:
12:
11:
5:
426:
424:
416:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
385:
380:
375:
370:
365:
360:
350:
349:
346:
345:
331:
330:External links
328:
325:
324:
303:0 902 198 84 X
302:
280:
261:
242:
217:
216:
214:
211:
206:
203:
178:
175:
169:He died at 35
149:Norman Feather
41:
38:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
425:
414:
411:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
394:
391:
389:
386:
384:
381:
379:
376:
374:
371:
369:
366:
364:
361:
359:
356:
355:
353:
344:
340:
337:
334:
333:
329:
309:
305:
299:
292:
291:
284:
281:
277:
273:
270:
265:
262:
258:
254:
251:
246:
243:
239:
235:
232:
227:
225:
223:
219:
212:
210:
204:
202:
200:
196:
192:
188:
184:
176:
174:
172:
167:
165:
160:
158:
154:
150:
146:
145:Michael Swann
142:
138:
134:
130:
125:
122:
118:
114:
107:
102:
98:
96:
91:
89:
85:
81:
76:
74:
70:
66:
62:
58:
53:
51:
47:
39:
37:
35:
30:
23:
18:
315:. Retrieved
308:the original
289:
283:
264:
245:
208:
190:
186:
180:
177:Publications
168:
161:
126:
113:World War II
110:
92:
90:, New York.
77:
54:
43:
16:
15:
363:1972 deaths
358:1904 births
183:philologist
352:Categories
317:28 October
213:References
339:Archived
272:Archived
253:Archived
234:Archived
171:Balgreen
80:Stirling
61:Kirkwall
46:Earlston
197:by the
84:Falkirk
300:
205:Family
189:, and
155:, and
143:, Sir
65:Orkney
311:(PDF)
294:(PDF)
27:
25:,
319:2018
298:ISBN
82:and
40:Life
29:FRSE
63:on
22:CBE
354::
221:^
166:.
159:.
151:,
147:,
139:,
52:.
36:.
19:,
321:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
