Edward Harrison Taylor (April 23, 1889 - June 16 1978) was an American herpetologist from Kansas. He was born in Maysville, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B.A. in 1912. Subsequently, he went to the Philippines, where at first he held a teacher's post in a village in central Mindanao. He collecetd and studied the local herpetofauna extensively and published many papers. Wikipedia
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