• Name: Taylor, William
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: 7  November  1765
• Death Date: 5  March  1836
• Occupation: reviewer
• Occupation: translator

William Taylor was a prominent figure in dissenting and whiggish circles in Norwich. He was also a regular writer for the Monthly Reviewer and was acknowledged as a leading Germanist. In 1789 he was involved in the movement to repeal the Test and Corporation Acts and in 1790 he founded the Norwich Revolution Society and conducted its correspondence.

All instances of 'W Taylor' in the diary have been coded as William and some instances of 'Taylor' may refer to him also; see discussion under John Taylor.

• David Chandler, Norwich Literature, 1788-97: A Critical Survey (unpub. Oxford D.Phil. thesis, 1997).
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