Roger Tayler

Professor
Roger Tayler
OBE FRS
Professor Roger Tayler OBE FRS
Professor of Astronomy, University of Sussex
	In office; 1967–1996
Gresham Professor of Astronomy
	In office; 1969–1975
Personal details
Born	Roger John Tayler; 25 October 1929
Died	23 January 1997 (aged 67)

Roger John Tayler (25 October 1929 – 23 January 1997) was a British astronomer. Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology. He wrote a number of textbooks. He collaborated with Fred Hoyle and Stephen Hawking at the University of Cambridge on problems of helium production in cosmology.^[1]

^ Gough, Douglas (September 1997). "Obituary: Roger John Tayler". Physics Today. 50 (9): 98–100. Bibcode:1997PhT....50i..98G. doi:10.1063/1.881896.

[1] Gough, Douglas (September 1997). "Obituary: Roger John Tayler". Physics Today. 50 (9): 98–100. Bibcode:1997PhT....50i..98G. doi:10.1063/1.881896.

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Professor Roger Tayler OBE FRS

Professor of Astronomy, University of Sussex
In office 1967–1996
Gresham Professor of Astronomy
In office 1969–1975

Personal details
Born	Roger John Tayler 25 October 1929
Died	23 January 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 67)