Thomas Murray Taylor

Sir Thomas Murray Taylor CBE FRSE KC (18971962) was a 20th-century Scottish advocate and university administrator. He was a devout Christian and active member of the United Free Church of Scotland. When this amalgamated with the Church of Scotland in 1929 he adopted the latter faith, becoming a church elder in 1936. From 1945 he served on the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches.

Thomas Murray Taylor
Principal of the University of Aberdeen
In office
1948–1962
Preceded bySir William Hamilton Fyfe
Succeeded bySir Edward Maitland Wright
Personal details
Born(1897-05-27)27 May 1897
Keith, Moray, Scotland
Died19 July 1962(1962-07-19) (aged 65)
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Spouse
Helen Margaret Jardine
(m. 1939)
Children2
EducationKeith Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen (MA), (LL.B)
ProfessionAdvocate and university administrator

He served as the Principal of the University of Aberdeen between 1948 and 1962. The Taylor Building and Taylor Library at the University of Aberdeen School of Law is named in his honour.

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