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Richard E. Taylor
| Full Name of the recipient | Richard E. Taylor |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 1990 |
| Share in Award | 33.3% |
| Award Shared with | Jerome I. Friedman (33.3%) Henry W. Kendall (33.3%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
| Place of Birth | Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada CAN |
| Date of Birth | 2 November 1929 |
| Age at the time of Award | 60 years |
