death_date children nationality birth_date death_place spouse image name occupation death_cause caption resting_place birth_place awards parents known_for religion article_title home_town
21 march 1915 kempton orphans -rrb- '' , robert and elizabeth '' -lrb- all adopted american march 20 , 1856 philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. louise m. spooner frederick winslow taylor crop.jpg frederick winslow taylor efficiency expert management consultant pneumonia taylor circa 1900 west u.s. laurel hill cemetery bala cynwyd , pennsylvania , philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. elliott cresson medal -lrb- 1902 -rrb- franklin taylor emily annette winslow `` movement , father of industrial engineering father '' of the scientific management & efficiency quaker frederick winslow taylor
 germantown , philadelphia , pennsylvania
frederick winslow taylor

frederick winslow taylor -lrb- march 20 , 1856 -- march 21 , 1915 -rrb- 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 .
taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book `` the principles of scientific management '' .
taylor 's 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 was also an athlete who competed nationally in tennis and golf .
