John Taylor (archivist)

John Edward Taylor (1921 – 20 September 2008) was an American military archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration for 63 years.

Life and career

Taylor was born in Sparkman, Arkansas and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1945. He was frequently acknowledged by authors for his assistance, and the National Archives named its collection of intelligence and espionage books in his honor. Taylor died of congestive heart failure at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[1]

gollark: Wow, he actually *is* politically opposite to me 8values-wise.
gollark: You can just *ask people their views* instead of asking for some representation/model of them.
gollark: 8values is more than that, but still.
gollark: Compacting your entire political views into something like 24 bits is inevitably going to be lossy.
gollark: I mean, they're fun, you can plot everyone on a grid or something like I did for one discord server, but you should not define yourself or your beliefs by where you are on a grid.

References
  1. Shane, Scott (September 23, 2008). John Taylor, 87, Specialist on Military at Archives, Is Dead . New York Times


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