Charles Alfred Taylor (1922–2002) was a British physicist well known for his work in crystallography and his efforts to promote science to young audiences. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... Crystallography (from the Greek words crystallon = cold drop / frozen drop, with its meaning extending to all solids with some degree of transparency, and graphein = write) is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. ... Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means. ...

Charles Taylor was born in Hull in 1922. He began his degree in Queen Mary's College at the University of London, but the college was subsequently evacuated to Cambridge during the remainder of World War Two. He graduated in 1943, and then worked for the Admiralty designing radar countermeasures, work that eventually took him to Harvard University in the USA until the end of the war. He then studied for a PhD at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and was there from 1948 until 1965. He worked as a lecturer and then a reader after completing his PhD. He worked for a long time with Henry Lipson on the development of optical diffraction analogue methods. He was awarded a DSc in 1960. Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... It has been suggested that Professional degree be merged into this article or section. ... The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... This article is becoming very long. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... This long range RADAR antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll[1]. RADAR is a system that uses radio waves to detect, determine the direction and distance and/or speed... A countermeasure is a system (usually for a military application) designed to prevent weapons from acquiring and/or destroying a target. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... UMIST Main Bulding on Whitworth Street The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Henry Lipson was a British scientist and a Fellow of the Royal Society. ... DSC is an initialism or abbreviation for: DCS1800 — European PCS frequencies in the 1800 MHz range. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

In 1965 he moved with his family to Cardiff to take up the position of Chair of Physics at University College Cardiff, where the main interest of the department was X-ray crystallography, in the same field as the work he did with Lipton in Manchester. Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales and its largest city. ... Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a university in Cardiff. ... X-ray crystallography is a technique in crystallography in which the pattern produced by the diffraction of X-rays through the closely spaced lattice of atoms in a crystal is recorded and then analyzed to reveal the nature of that lattice. ... Manchester is a major city in North West England, historically notable for being the worlds first industrialised city, and its subsequent central role in the Industrial Revolution. ...

As well as his work in research, Charles Taylor also had very close links to the Royal Institution. He had always had a strong interest in music and its relationship with physics. In 1971 he lectured to schoolchildren for the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on the subject of physics and music. In 1989 he became only the third person since 1945 to deliver a second series of Christmas lectures, with the title 'Exploring Music'. As well as these, he was appointed to the post of Visiting Professor of Experimental Physics at the Royal Institution, a post he held until 1988. He also gave many other lectures to schoolchildren. In 1990 he lectured to thousands of children in Tokyo as a follow up to his Christmas Lectures in London the previous year. The Royal Institution of Great Britain was set up in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president George Finch, the 9th Earl of Winchilsea, for diffusing the knowledge, and facilitating the general introduction, of useful mechanical inventions and improvements; and for... Music is a form of art and entertainment or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Michael Faraday delivering a Christmas Lecture in 1856. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital of Japan. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

In 1986 he was unanimously awarded the first ever Michael Faraday Award by the Royal Society for communicating science to public audiences. Altogether he gave over 150 lectures to schoolchildren at the Royal Institution, as well as presenting 8 Friday evening discourses there. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Michael Faraday Prize is a science award given anually by the Royal Society. ... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ...

Charles Taylor married in 1944 and had 3 children, 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren at the time of his death, in 2002 at the age of 79. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...