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Taylor, Henry Osborn

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Taylor, Henry Osborn, 1856–1941, American historian and legal scholar, b. New York City. His lifework was the study of ancient and medieval civilizations. Among his books are Ancient Ideals (1896); his masterpiece, The Medieval Mind (1911); Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century (2d ed. 1930); and A Historian's Creed (1939).
Taylor, Henry Osborn (1856–1941) historian; born in New York City. He studied American history under Henry Adams at Harvard University (1874) and law at Columbia University and Leipzig; his Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations (1884) became a standard text. Turning from legal theory to the evolution of human ideals, his Mediaeval Mind (1911) was considered a classic of intellectual history. In later years he wrote primarily about philosophy.


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