Samuel W. Taylor | |
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| Born | Samuel Woolley Taylor February 5, 1907 Provo, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | September 26, 1997 (aged 90) |
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| Spouse | Gay Dimick |
| Relatives | John W. Taylor (father) Janet Maria Woolley (mother) John Taylor (paternal grandfather) |
Samuel Woolley Taylor (February 5, 1907 – September 26, 1997) was an American novelist, scriptwriter, and historian.
He wrote the short story "A Situation of Gravity" in the May 22, 1943 issue of Liberty magazine on which the Disney movies The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), Son of Flubber (1963), The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) TV episode starring Harry Anderson, The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places (1989) TV episode, and Flubber (1997) starring Robin Williams were based.