Thomas Glanville Taylor

He was the son of Thomas Taylor, assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and his wife Susannah née Glanville, born at Ashburton, Devon.

John Pond, the Astronomer Royal, suggested that the young boy choose a career in astronomy and he joined the observatory in 1820.

From August 1822 he was in charge of making transit observations, and his ability was noted by Sir Edward Sabine.

[1] Taylor was appointed director of the East India Company's observatory at Madras, arriving there on 15 September 1830.

Taylor began the publication of the Madras General Catalogue of Stars which was praised by Sir George Airy.