Charles B. (Charles Benjamin) Tayler

Born in 1797, Charles Benjamin Tayler was an English Church of England clergyman and writer. Sources consistently describe him as a writer for the young, and his life combined parish work with a steady output of religious and moral literature.

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to serve in the church while publishing fiction and instructional works shaped by Christian teaching. His books include Margaret: or, The Pearl, Lady Mary: or, Not of the World, and Facts in a Clergyman's Life, all associated with the earnest, improving style of early Victorian reading.

Tayler died in 1875. Though not widely read today, he remains a useful figure for listeners interested in 19th-century religious fiction, children's moral literature, and the world of Anglican writers who wrote to guide as much as to tell a story.