Peter J. Taylor

{{Short description|English geographer}}

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Peter James Taylor {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA|FAcSS}} (born 21 November 1944) is an English geographer. Born in Calverton in Nottinghamshire, he was Professor of Political Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne between 1970 and 1996, before joining Loughborough University as Professor of Geography{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/t/23884/Peter+TAYLOR.aspx|title=Prof Peter Taylor|accessdate=2010-10-10|work=Debrett's People of Today}}

He is the co-founding editor of the journal Political Geography, and is the founder and director of the Globalization and World Cities Research Network and is the author of over 300 publications, of which over 60 have been translated into other languages.{{cite web|url=http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/geography/article_biog?article_id=geco_articles_bpl216|title=Peter J. Taylor, Ben Derudder, Cándida Gago García and Frank Witlox - Short Biographies|accessdate=2010-10-10|work=Geography Compass|publisher=Blackwell publishing|archive-date=2011-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725161451/http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/geography/article_biog?article_id=geco_articles_bpl216|url-status=dead}} In September 2010, he became a Professor of Geography at Northumbria University.

In 2004, Taylor was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy.[https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-peter-taylor "Professor Peter Taylor"], British Academy. Retrieved 5 June 2018.