Edward Wilfred Taylor CBE FRS FRMS (29 April 1891-1 November 1980) was a British manufacturer of optical instruments.

At the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the 21st Battalion Royal Fusiliers and subsequently commissioned to the Sherwood Foresters as a range finding officer.

In 1917 he was seconded to the Royal Navy as a lieutenant and attached to HMS President (shore establishment), where he was involved in the equipping of the naval fleet with new searchlights.

In 1926 he was appointed optical manager at his firm and was involved in constructing instruments for Leiden University and the Greenwich Observatory.

During the Second World War Taylor was involved in designed and producing rangefinder equipment for the allied armies.