Alfred Swaine Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlfred Swaine Taylor
British toxicologist
Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1806
Place of Birth: Northfleet, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-May-1880
Profession: photographer
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Alfred Swaine Taylor
- Alfred Swaine Taylor (11 December 1806 in Northfleet, Kent – 27 May 1880 in London) was an English toxicologist and medical writer, who has been called the "father of British forensic medicine" He was also an early experimenter in photography.Taylor studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital and was appointed Lecturer in Medical Jurisprudence at Guy's Hospital in 1831.
- In 1832 he succeeded Alexander Barry as joint Lecturer on Chemistry with Arthur Aitken.
- He published textbooks on medical jurisprudence and toxicology, contributed to the Dublin Quarterly Journal and medical periodicals, and edited the Medical Gazette.
- He appeared as expert witness in several widely reported murder cases.
- He also developed the use of hyposulphate of lime as a fixing agent for photography.
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