Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667), was a British preacher and writer on theology. He is remembered especially for the simplicity and beauty of style of such works as Holy Living (1650) and Holy Dying (1651). Taylor became chaplain to Archbishop William Laud and to King Charles I. He was loyal to the king during the English Civil War. In 1645, he was imprisoned in Wales, where he did much of his writing. When Charles II was crowned in 1660, Jeremy Taylor was made a bishop in Ireland. He was born at Cambridge.
