Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor

Professor
Eva G.R. Taylor
Born
Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor

(1879-06-22)22 June 1879
Highgate
Died5 July 1966(1966-07-05) (aged 87)
Wokingham
NationalityBritish
AwardsVictoria Medal, Royal Geographical Society (1947)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of Geography, History of Science, History of Mathematics
InstitutionsBirkbeck College, University of London
Notable studentsEila Campbell
Notable works
  • The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor and Stuart England
  • The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England, 1714-1840

Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (22 June 1879–5 July 1966) was a British geographer and historian of science, the first woman to hold an academic chair of geography in the United Kingdom.

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