Taylor, Samuel W. 1907-1997
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- Utah historical quarterly, summer 1999:page 265 (Samuel W. Taylor; Utah-born author, writer and soldier; home was in Redwood City, California in October, 1943, but he ws at Camp Shanks, New York with his ordnance company waiting to be shipped ot to the European theater of WWII) page 266 (stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington in September, 1943; began writing while a student at Brigham Young University with short stories and later expanding to novels, non-fiction books, three-act plays, and screenplays and made his career soley as a writer) page 267 (died from congestive heart failure September 26, 1997 at his home in Redwood City, California; born February 5, 1907)
- Wikipedia, website viewed July 31, 2014(Samuel W. Taylor; Samuel Woolley Taylor; American novelist, scriptwriter and historian; born in Provo, Utah February 5, 1907; studied journalism at Brigham Young University in the late 1920s and edited and wrote a column for the student newspaper, Y News; In World War II served as an officer in the Army Air Force in public relations in Europe)
- His Heaven knows why, 1948.
- The absent-minded professor, 1961:credits (based on story by Samuel W. Taylor)
- IMDB, Apr. 25, 2003(d. 26 September 1997)
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Samuel Woolley Taylor (February 5, 1907 – September 26, 1997) was an American novelist, scriptwriter, and historian. He is best-known for the short story "A Situation of Gravity" in the May 22, 1943 issue of Liberty magazine. This story was adapted to film and television several times. The first version was The Walt Disney Company movie The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), followed by the theatrical sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), and two made-for-TV legacy sequels starring Harry Anderson, The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) and The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places (1989). The 1997 film Flubber starring Robin Williams is a remake of the first film. Taylor also wrote several novels and non-fiction works, some of which touch on Latter-day Saint themes.
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