Robert Robinson Taylor
Architect
1868 – 1942
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Who was Robert Robinson Taylor?
Robert Robinson Taylor was an American architect; by some accounts the first accredited African-American architect. He was also the first African-American student enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1888. Additionally, he designed many of the buildings on the campus of Tuskegee University prior to 1932, and he served as second-in-command to its founder and first President, Booker T. Washington.
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1868
Wilmington - Also known as
- Robert Taylor
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Died
- Dec 13, 1942
Tuskegee
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on July 23, 2013
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