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|term_start                =1962​

|term_start                =1962​

|term_end                  =June 30, 1987​

|term_end                  =June 30, 1987​

|preceded                  =[[R. L. Ropp​]]

|preceded                  =[[R.L. Ropp​]]

|succeeded                =Daniel D. Reneau​

|succeeded                =Daniel D. Reneau​

| birth_date              = August 9, 1923​

| birth_date              = August 9, 1923​

Prior to his service at Louisiana Tech, Taylor was an associate professor of history, dean of men (1952–1956), and dean of the [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish.<ref name=mpress/>

Prior to his service at Louisiana Tech, Taylor was an associate professor of history, dean of men (1952–1956), and dean of the [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish.<ref name=mpress/>

==Historian==​

==Historian==

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Taylor's ''Reluctant Rebel: The Secret Diary of Robert Patrick, 1861–1865'' stemmed from the translation of a diary written in Pitman [[shorthand]] by Patrick, a private in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army from Clinton, near [[Baton Rouge]]. A clerk in the commissary and quartermaster departments of the Fourth Louisiana Infantry, Patrick began his diary in April 1861 and wrote until the last days of the conflict.<ref name=patrick>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/bookPages/9780807120729.html|title=''Reluctant Rebel''|publisher=lsu.edu|accessdate=December 17, 2009}}</ref>  

Taylor's ''Reluctant Rebel: The Secret Diary of Robert Patrick, 1861–1865'' stemmed from the translation of a diary written in Pitman [[shorthand]] by Patrick, a private in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army from Clinton, near [[Baton Rouge]]. A clerk in the commissary and quartermaster departments of the Fourth Louisiana Infantry, Patrick began his diary in April 1861 and wrote until the last days of the conflict.<ref name=patrick>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/bookPages/9780807120729.html|title=''Reluctant Rebel''|publisher=lsu.edu|accessdate=December 17, 2009}}</ref>  

Taylor also read the initial manuscript for Professor John D. Winters' ''The Civil War in Louisiana'' (1963).<ref>John D. Winters, ''The Civil War in Louisian,a,'' ([[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Press 1963), ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p. xi.</ref>​

Taylor also read the initial manuscript for Professor John D. Winters' ''The Civil War in Louisiana'' (1963).<ref>John D. Winters, ''The Civil War in Louisian,a,'' ([[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Press 1963), ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p. xi.</ref>​

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==Other activities==

==Other activities==

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