Martin J. Taylor

Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor in 2002
Born
Martin John Taylor

(1952-02-18) 18 February 1952
Leicester, England
EducationWyggeston Grammar School for Boys
Alma mater
Spouse
Sharon Lynn Marlow
(m. 1973)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
ThesisGalois module structure of the ring of integers of l-extensions (1976)
Doctoral advisorAlbrecht Fröhlich
Websitewww.merton.ox.ac.uk/people/sir-martin-taylor

Martin John Taylor FRS (born 18 February 1952) is a British mathematician and academic. He was Professor of Pure Mathematics at the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester and, prior to its formation and merger, UMIST where he was appointed to a chair after moving from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1986. He was elected Warden of Merton College, Oxford on 5 November 2009, took office on 2 October 2010 and retired in September 2018.