Henry Osborn Taylor
President of theAmerican Historical Association
In office 1927–1927
Preceded by	Dana Carleton Munro
Succeeded by	James Henry Breasted
Personal details
Born	(1856-12-05)December 5, 1856 New York City,New York, U.S.
Died	April 13, 1941(1941-04-13) (aged 84) New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Julia Isham
Education	Harvard University Columbia University
Occupation	Historian and legal scholar

Henry Osborn Taylor (December 5, 1856 – April 13, 1941) was an American historian and legal scholar.

Taylor graduated fromHarvard University in 1878 and, later, fromColumbia Law School. He later received honorary degrees from Harvard and Columbia.

Taylor was a philosopher and the author of several important works on ancient and medieval history.^[1] He was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1926.^[2] In 1927, he served as the president of theAmerican Historical Association.^[3]

Taylor was married to the philanthropist Julia Isham (1866–1939).^[4] Julia, the daughter of prominent merchantWilliam Bradley Isham,^[5][6] was the sister of historianCharles Bradford Isham^[7] (who marriedMamie Lincoln, granddaughter of PresidentAbraham Lincoln)^[8] and artistSamuel Isham.^[9] Julia donated property from her late father's estate, which becameIsham Park inInwood, Manhattan, and gave generously toHarvard andSmith Colleges.^[10][11]

After a week's illness, Taylor died ofpneumonia at his home, 135East 66th Street in New York City on April 13, 1941.^[12] He was buried at Union Hill Cemetery inEast Hampton, Connecticut.

• A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Having Capital Stock, The Banks Law Publishing Co., 1904 [1st Pub. Kay & Brother, 1884].
• The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages, TheColumbia University Press, 1901 (2nd ed., 1903;3rd ed., 1911;4th ed. New York, F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1957).^[13]
  • The Emergence of Christian Culture in the West: the Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages, Harper, 1958.
• The Mediaeval Mind; a History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in the Middle Ages,2 Vols,Macmillan Company, 1911.^[14]
• Ancient Ideals; a Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early times to the Establishment of Christianity,2 Vols, The Macmillan Company, 1913 (Reprint., New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1964).
• Deliverance, the Freeing of the Spirit in the Ancient World, The Macmillan Company, 1915.
• Prophets, Poets and Philosophers of the Ancient World, The Macmillan Company, 1919 [1st Pub. 1915].
• Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century,2 Vols, Macmillan Company, 1920.
• Greek Biology and Medicine, Marshall Jones Company, 1922.
• Freedom of the Mind in History, New York, 1923 [Reprint., Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1970].
• Human Values and Verities, Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1928.
• Fact: The Romance of Mind, The Macmillan Company, 1932.
• A Layman's View of History, The Macmillan Company, 1935 [Reprint, New York: AMS Press, 1978].
• A Historian's Creed, Harvard University Press, 1939 (Reprint,Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1969).
• The Humanism of Italy, Collier, 1962.
• The French Mind, Collier, 1962.

• "Development of Constitutional Government in the American Colonies,"The Magazine of American History, Vol. II, N°. 12, December 1878.
• "Héloïse,"The International Quarterly, Vol. VI, 1902/1903.
• "The Worlds of Salimbene,"The International Quarterly, Vol. XII, October 1905/January 1906.
• "The Wisdom of the Ages,"The Yale Review, Vol. VII, 1918.
• "Modern Civilization,"The Saturday Review, November 3, 1928.
• "Annals of Culture,"The Saturday Review, April 19, 1930.

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• Works by Henry Osborn Taylor, atJSTOR
• AHA Presidential Addresses:A Layman’s View of History

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