Frederick Winslow Taylor
Frederick Winslow Taylor( March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency.
He was one of the first management consultants.
Taylor was one of the intellectual leaders of the Efficiency Movement and his ideas, broadly conceived, were highly influential in the Progressive Era( 1890s – 1920s).
In 1911, Taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book" The Principles of Scientific Management" which, in 2001, Fellows of the Academy of Management voted the most influential management book of the twentieth century.
His pioneering work in applying engineering principles to the work done on the factory floor was instrumental in the creation and development of the branch of engineering that is now known as industrial engineering.
Taylor made his name, and was most proud of his work, in scientific management; however, he made his fortune patenting steel- process improvements.
Taylor was also an athlete who competed nationally in tennis.
Robert Taylor (British Army officer)
General Robert Taylor or Taylour (26 November 1760 – 23 April 1839) styled The Honourable from birth, was an Irish soldier and politician.
Roderick Taylor
Roderick Taylor, also known as Rod Taylor or Roderick Falconer, is an American poet, recording artist, screenwriter, television producer and television director.
Taylor is the father of screenwriter and television/ film producer Bruce A. Taylor with whom he often collaborates.
Rombaut Pauwels
Rombaut Pauwels or Rombout Pauwels( or Pauli)( 1625, in Mechelen – 4 January 1692, in Ghent) was a Flemish architect and sculptor who worked in a moderate Baroque style.
Paula Taylor
Punlapa Margaret Taylor( January 20, 1983), also known as Paula Taylor or Thai name Punlapa Supa-aksorn, is a Thai of British descent actress, model, and presenter.
Frederick Winslow Hatch
Frederick Winslow Hatch( August 1, 1789 – January 14, 1862) was an Episcopal clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate of the United States.
Susannah Taylor
Susannah Taylor or Susannah Cook (29 March 1755 – June, 1823) was a British socialite and correspondent.
Henry Noll
Henry Noll( 1871–1925) was a resident of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, made famous in a( fictionalized and error-riddled) anecdote used by Frederick Winslow Taylor to illustrate his theories of scientific management.
Noll came to public attention in the writing and speaking of' scientific management' proponent Frederick Winslow Taylor.
In Taylor's" Principles of Scientific Management", he describes a study conducted at Bethlehem Steel in 1898 regarding the loading of pig iron onto railroad cars.
At the start of the study, workers were loading an average of 12.5 tons of pig per laborer per day and received a wage of$ 1.15 per day, regardless of individual output.
The Bethlehem Steel management wanted to increase workers' output and shift to a piece- rate wage of $.0375 per ton.
Under the target piece- rate, workers would have to load more than 30 tons per day( or 250% of the current output) to earn the same wage.
Two of Taylor's employees worked at the Bethlehem Steel plant, experimenting with loading strategies and searching out exemplary workers to serve as models for the assertion that" a good day's wages could be made at the existing rates by a good man"( original research reported quoted by Wrege& Perroni, 1974, p. 17).
In Taylor's anecdote( versions of which were presented as early as 1901), he presents Noll as' Schmidt,'" a little Pennsylvania Dutchman who had been observed to trot back home for a mile or so after his work in the evening, about as fresh as he was when he came trotting down to work in the morning"( Taylor, 1919, pp. 43 – 44).
In Taylor's telling, which was" frankly insulting"( Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission),' Schmidt' is a dim- witted but outstanding laborer with a heavy German accent.
He is extremely motivated to earn more money, as he has purchased a piece of property in Bethlehem and is building a house on the land.
In reality,' Schmidt' was Henry Noll.
( The original research reports misspell his surname as" Knolle".)
The original research reports records his height as being 5' 7", weight 135 pounds.
He was not the shortest worker among those recorded by the researchers, but he did weigh the least.
Originally a native of nearby Shimerville, Pennsylvania, at the time he lived at 812 Laufer Street, on the Southside of Bethlehem.
He had purchased land, and later completed a house, at 313 Martin Lane on the Northside.
He was a volunteer fireman at the Good Will Fire Department, close to his house on Martin Lane.
He is buried at Bethlehem Memorial Park.
Interest in establishing the identity of Schmidt began in 1933, when Hugh S. TenEyck( a professor at Lehigh University) conducted an unsuccessful search.
In 1974, Charles Wrege and Amadeo Perroni were successful in establishing many details of Noll's biography.
Noll is currently commemorated by a historical marker on 3rd St. on the Southside of Bethlehem, across the street from the former Bethlehem Steel plant where he worked at the turn of the century.
Ann Taylor (writer, born 1757)
Ann Taylor or Ann Martin( 20 June 1757 – 27 May 1830) was a British writer.
Her children were also notable writers and this included Ann and Jane Taylor.
Rombout Hogerbeets
Rombout Hogerbeets( Hoorn, 24 June 1561 — Wassenaar, 7 September 1625) was a Dutch jurist and statesman.
He was tried for treason, together with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Hugo Grotius, and Gilles van Ledenberg during the political crisis of 1617- 1618 in the Dutch Republic, and sentenced to life- imprisonment.
He shared Loevestein prison with Grotius.

Question: Who was born earlier, Frederick Winslow Taylor or Rombout Hogerbeets?