William Taylor
British civil servant and forester
About William Taylor
Lived 1882 – 1969 (aged 86).
Sir William Ling Taylor, CBE (29 May 1882 – 5 January 1969) was a British civil servant and forester.
Born on 29 May 1882, Taylor was educated at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, receiving a diploma in forestry. He worked as a land agent from 1901 to 1909, then began working for the state.
Taylor entered the Forestry Commission in 1919 and served as the assistant commissioner for England and Wales from 1932 to 1938, when he was appointed a forestry commissioner. and was then Director-General from 1947 to 1948, in succession to Sir Roy Robinson; on his retirement, he was succeeded as Director-General by Gosling. He remained on the commission in 1949. and was knighted in the 1949 New Year Honours. He died on 5 January 1969.
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Who was William Taylor?
British civil servant and forester
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William Taylor was born on 29 May 1882.
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William Taylor died on 5 January 1969.
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