John Rodgers Meigs Taylor was a captain of the 14th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army. He was placed in charge of what became known as the Philippine Insurgent Records. That is, the collection of documents seized from Philippine revolutionaries during the Philippine–American War. Taylor later served as military attaché at the U.S. embassy in Constantinople, Turkey from 1911 to 1914 and retired from the Army on 9 July 1918 as a colonel.
- Occupation
- historian, military officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 13, 1865
- Died
- March 31, 1949
