Geo. H. (George Herbert) Taylor (1821-1896) was born in Williston, Vermont, and died in New York, New York. He was a physician and inventor associated with the natural hygiene and physical culture movements, and was known for introducing Swedish massage to the United States. In 1852, he graduated from the New York Medical College and practiced hydropathy. In 1858, Taylor traveled to study Swedish massage at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute under Lars Branting. He worked at Russell Trall's New York Hydropathic and Physiological School as a consulting physician until 1863. Along with his brother, Charles Fayette Taylor, they opened a hydropathic facility called the Institute of the Swedish Movement Cure in New York City. Taylor also established the Improved Movement Cure Institute there in 1864. He invented and designed exercise and mechanical massage equipment, including a mechanical massage apparatus to expand the chest and lift the contents of the pelvis. Some of his popular works include An Exposition of the Swedish Movement-Cure (1860), Diseases of Women (1871), Health by Exercise and Health for Women, both published in 1880.

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