Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor (1758 – 1835) was an English translator, born in London. He was educated at St. Paul's School, and devoted himself to the study of the classics and of mathematics. After being a bank clerk he was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Society for the encouragement of Arts, etc., in which capacity he made many influential friends, who furnished the means for publishing his various translations, which include works of Plato, Aristotle, Proclus, Porphyry, Apuleius, etc. His aim was the translation of all the untranslated writings of the ancient Greek philosophers.

This article incorporates text from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.