Taylor, Tom (1817–1880)

English dramatist and editor of Punch.

Professor of English literature at London University 1845–47, and secretary to the Local Government Board 1854–71, he was the author of about one hundred dramatic pieces, original and adapted, including Still Waters Run Deep, 1855, Our American Cousin, 1858, and Lady Clancarty, 1871. He was also a contributor to Punch, which he edited from 1874 until his death.

Born in Sunderland, he was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge.