Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, USN was instrumental in the development of the modern US Navy. He was responsible for building the first (U.S.) ship-model testing establishment at Washington (D.C.) Navy yard, and formulated certain basic principles of ship design.
In 1877 his father sent him off to Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. Although only thirteen years old, Taylor was not the youngest member of his class. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England, with the highest grades made until then at those institutions.
He displayed his talent for writing in concise, readable, scientific language in his first book "Resistance of Ships and Screw Propulsion" (1893).
Beginning in 1899, Taylor undertook his first studies to find what characteristics of a ship hull governed its water resistance. By a methodical series of extensive proportions, internationally known since 1910 as the Taylor Standard Series, he determined the actual effect of changing those characteristics and thus made it possible to estimate in advance the resistance of a ship of given proportions. His "The Speed and Power of Ships" (1910), which sets forth this knowledge, is still an informative publication in its field.
The navy promoted him to the rank of Commander in March 1899, to the rank of Captain in March 1901, and to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1917.
From 1914 until 1922, he was Chief Constructor and chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and was responsible for the design and construction of surface and submarine vessels and of aircraft for the U.S. Navy, including the first plane to fly the Atlantic. He made many other contributions to aeronautics in 15 years of service on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Among many distinguished awards, he received the John Fritz gold medal in 1931 for outstanding achievement in marine architecture, and the first David W. Taylor medal in 1936 from the Society of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers. In 1937 the Navy named the new U.S. naval model basin at Washington the David W. Taylor Model Basin in his honor.
Links to biographical information (as of 20Feb2013):
http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/dtaylor.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Taylor
http://files.asme.org/ASMEORG/Communities/History/Landmarks/5528.pdf
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/carderock/pub/who/heritage/taylor.aspx
In 1877 his father sent him off to Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. Although only thirteen years old, Taylor was not the youngest member of his class. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England, with the highest grades made until then at those institutions.
He displayed his talent for writing in concise, readable, scientific language in his first book "Resistance of Ships and Screw Propulsion" (1893).
Beginning in 1899, Taylor undertook his first studies to find what characteristics of a ship hull governed its water resistance. By a methodical series of extensive proportions, internationally known since 1910 as the Taylor Standard Series, he determined the actual effect of changing those characteristics and thus made it possible to estimate in advance the resistance of a ship of given proportions. His "The Speed and Power of Ships" (1910), which sets forth this knowledge, is still an informative publication in its field.
The navy promoted him to the rank of Commander in March 1899, to the rank of Captain in March 1901, and to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1917.
From 1914 until 1922, he was Chief Constructor and chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and was responsible for the design and construction of surface and submarine vessels and of aircraft for the U.S. Navy, including the first plane to fly the Atlantic. He made many other contributions to aeronautics in 15 years of service on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Among many distinguished awards, he received the John Fritz gold medal in 1931 for outstanding achievement in marine architecture, and the first David W. Taylor medal in 1936 from the Society of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers. In 1937 the Navy named the new U.S. naval model basin at Washington the David W. Taylor Model Basin in his honor.
Links to biographical information (as of 20Feb2013):
http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/dtaylor.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Taylor
http://files.asme.org/ASMEORG/Communities/History/Landmarks/5528.pdf
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/carderock/pub/who/heritage/taylor.aspx
Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, USN was instrumental in the development of the modern US Navy. He was responsible for building the first (U.S.) ship-model testing establishment at Washington (D.C.) Navy yard, and formulated certain basic principles of ship design.
In 1877 his father sent him off to Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. Although only thirteen years old, Taylor was not the youngest member of his class. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England, with the highest grades made until then at those institutions.
He displayed his talent for writing in concise, readable, scientific language in his first book "Resistance of Ships and Screw Propulsion" (1893).
Beginning in 1899, Taylor undertook his first studies to find what characteristics of a ship hull governed its water resistance. By a methodical series of extensive proportions, internationally known since 1910 as the Taylor Standard Series, he determined the actual effect of changing those characteristics and thus made it possible to estimate in advance the resistance of a ship of given proportions. His "The Speed and Power of Ships" (1910), which sets forth this knowledge, is still an informative publication in its field.
The navy promoted him to the rank of Commander in March 1899, to the rank of Captain in March 1901, and to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1917.
From 1914 until 1922, he was Chief Constructor and chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and was responsible for the design and construction of surface and submarine vessels and of aircraft for the U.S. Navy, including the first plane to fly the Atlantic. He made many other contributions to aeronautics in 15 years of service on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Among many distinguished awards, he received the John Fritz gold medal in 1931 for outstanding achievement in marine architecture, and the first David W. Taylor medal in 1936 from the Society of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers. In 1937 the Navy named the new U.S. naval model basin at Washington the David W. Taylor Model Basin in his honor.
Links to biographical information (as of 20Feb2013):
http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/dtaylor.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Taylor
http://files.asme.org/ASMEORG/Communities/History/Landmarks/5528.pdf
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/carderock/pub/who/heritage/taylor.aspx
In 1877 his father sent him off to Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. Although only thirteen years old, Taylor was not the youngest member of his class. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England, with the highest grades made until then at those institutions.
He displayed his talent for writing in concise, readable, scientific language in his first book "Resistance of Ships and Screw Propulsion" (1893).
Beginning in 1899, Taylor undertook his first studies to find what characteristics of a ship hull governed its water resistance. By a methodical series of extensive proportions, internationally known since 1910 as the Taylor Standard Series, he determined the actual effect of changing those characteristics and thus made it possible to estimate in advance the resistance of a ship of given proportions. His "The Speed and Power of Ships" (1910), which sets forth this knowledge, is still an informative publication in its field.
The navy promoted him to the rank of Commander in March 1899, to the rank of Captain in March 1901, and to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1917.
From 1914 until 1922, he was Chief Constructor and chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and was responsible for the design and construction of surface and submarine vessels and of aircraft for the U.S. Navy, including the first plane to fly the Atlantic. He made many other contributions to aeronautics in 15 years of service on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Among many distinguished awards, he received the John Fritz gold medal in 1931 for outstanding achievement in marine architecture, and the first David W. Taylor medal in 1936 from the Society of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers. In 1937 the Navy named the new U.S. naval model basin at Washington the David W. Taylor Model Basin in his honor.
Links to biographical information (as of 20Feb2013):
http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/dtaylor.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Taylor
http://files.asme.org/ASMEORG/Communities/History/Landmarks/5528.pdf
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/carderock/pub/who/heritage/taylor.aspx
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