Sir Thomas Weston Johns Taylor, CBE (2 October 1895 – 29 August 1953) was an English chemist, academic, and university administrator.
[6] When the Second World War broke out, Taylor returned to the British Army, and was commissioned as a lieutenant on 14 January 1940.
[1] While a temporary major, he was mentioned in despatches "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period November 1941 to April 1942".
[9] In 1943, Taylor moved to the United States where he had been appointed Director of the British Central Scientific Office (BCSO) in Washington, DC.
[1][6] The role of the BCSO was to undertake varied scientific research in relation to the war, and to cooperate with American scientists.
[1] Then, from 1944 to the end of the war, he was assigned to South East Asia Command as Head of the Operational Research Division.
[11] His duties involved building up the university college, establishing it in a difficult political climate, and solidifying its finances.
[16] In the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor, and therefore granted the title sir, in recognition of his work as Principal of the University College of the West Indies.