Harold Dennis Taylor
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H. Dennis Taylor FRS (1862, Huddersfield
- 1943) was a British optical designer and inventor, chiefly famous for the invention of the Cooke Triplet
, although he was granted about 50 other patents.
As optical manager and chief designer for Thomas Cooke and Sons of York
, he won fame for the design and patent in 1893 of the Cooke Triplet
and was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize
in 1933.
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
- 1943) was a British optical designer and inventor, chiefly famous for the invention of the Cooke Triplet
Cooke triplet
The Cooke triplet is a photographic lens designed and patented in 1893 by Dennis Taylor who was employed as chief engineer by T. Cooke & Sons of York...
, although he was granted about 50 other patents.
As optical manager and chief designer for Thomas Cooke and Sons of York
Cooke Optics
Cooke Optics Ltd. is a camera lens manufacturing company based in Leicester, known earlier as Taylor, Taylor and Hobson and then Taylor Hobson. T. S. Taylor, an optician, his brother W. Taylor, an engineer, and a Mr Hobson, a businessman, formed the company in 1886.The name Cooke originally came...
, he won fame for the design and patent in 1893 of the Cooke Triplet
Cooke triplet
The Cooke triplet is a photographic lens designed and patented in 1893 by Dennis Taylor who was employed as chief engineer by T. Cooke & Sons of York...
and was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize
Duddell Medal and Prize
The Duddell Medal and Prize was a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Physics in the memory of William du Bois Duddell, the inventor of the electromagnetic oscillograph. The medal was instituted by the Council of The Physical Society in 1923. Between 1961 and 1973 the prize was awarded in...
in 1933.