Paul Taylor was born on June 9, 1895 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. He is known for American Masters (1985). He was married to Dorothea Lange and Catherine Page Whiteside. He died on March 13, 1984 in Berkeley, California, USA.
Became a Marine Captain during WWI and was stationed in France.
In the 1930s he was studying Mexican migration to the US. He was familiar with the work of photographer, Dorothea Lange and invited her to work on the project. They later married.
Became a professor in labor economics at the University of California, Berkeley.