Brian Taylor

Brian Taylor (March 1950 - September 2016) was a sociology lecturer from the University of Sussex, biographer and author.

Biography Taylor received his B.A. and M.A. in sociology, as well as his D.Phil, at the University of Aberdeen. After teaching sociology for a year at Queen's University, he became a lecturer at the University of Sussex in 1977, a position that he held until his retirement in 2001.

He wrote a biography of Irish novelist Forrest Reid titled The Green Avenue: The Life and Writings of Forrest Reid, 1875-1947 (1982). It is the first biography of Reid after Russell Burlingham's 1953 book. The primary literature the book is based on includes unpublished writings from people who were close to Reid during his lifetime, as wel as Burlingham's book. Taylor has also written a biography of James Owen Hannay and co-edited a volume of Reid's works alongside Paul Goldman.