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Joseph Taylor

1761–1844

An early 19th-century English writer whose books range from home herbal medicine to microscopy, ghost stories, and practical advice about health and long life. His work has a curious, wide-ranging feel that reflects the popular science and self-help interests of his time.

2 Audiobooks

The danger of premature interment : Proved from many remarkable instances of people who have recovered after being laid out for dead, and of others entombed alive, for want of being properly examined prior to interment

The danger of premature interment : Proved from many remarkable instances of people who have recovered after being laid out for dead, and of others entombed alive, for want of being properly examined prior to interment

by Joseph Taylor

Apparitions; Or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed

Apparitions; Or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed

by Joseph Taylor

About the author

Joseph Taylor (1761 or 1762–1844) was a British author whose surviving works show an unusually broad range of interests. Library and catalog records link him to books on herbal remedies, microscopy, longevity, plants, and supernatural tales, suggesting a writer who aimed to make useful and entertaining subjects accessible to general readers.

Among the works associated with him are Nature the Best Physician; or, a Complete Domestic Herbal (1818), The Microscope Assistant (1824), Annals of Health and Long Life (1818), Arbores mirabiles (1812), and Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts (1815). Taken together, they paint a picture of an author interested in everyday knowledge, natural history, and the kind of instructive curiosities that appealed to readers in the late Georgian and early Victorian period.

A reliable portrait image was not clearly available from the sources I could confirm, so none is included here.