Andrew Young

Andrew Young was an American film producer, politician, diplomat, writer, peace activist and human rights defender (born 1932). He was born at New Orleans.

Also recorded as Andrew Jackson Young; Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.; Andrew Jackson Young Jr.; Andrew Young Jr.; Rev. Andrew Young.

Andrew Young in brief

Born
1932
Known for
film producer, politician, diplomat, writer, peace activist, human rights defender, film screenwriter and actor
Place of birth
New Orleans
Contents

Identity and origins

Andrew Young was recorded at birth as Andrew Jackson Young. The authorities additionally record the headings Andrew Jackson Young, Andrew Jackson Young, Jr., Andrew Jackson Young Jr., Andrew Young Jr. and Rev. Andrew Young. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was United Church of Christ.

He married Jean Childs Young.

Formation and teaching

Andrew Young studied at Dillard University, Howard University, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and Gilbert Academy.

Career and activity

He was employed by United Nations. Recorded positions include United States representative, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, mayor of Atlanta, ambassador and president. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Alpha Phi Alpha, National Council of Churches, Congressional Black Caucus and Legion of Honour. He worked at Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Marion and Thomasville.

Recognition and collections

Andrew Young received Spingarn Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship, honorary doctorate from Emory University, honorary doctor of the Howard University and honorary degree.

Catalogued works

51 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1755 to 2025.

An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America. The Trees and shrubs of Fife and Kinross. Carry On. Commission and diligence. Adaptive Teaching. More Historic Rural Churches of Georgia. The natural history & habits of the salmon. Caye Boy and the Jungle Adventure. Caye Boy Visits the Jungle. My Aquarium Story. Caye Boy and Kite Day. Caye Boy. Natural History and Habits of the Salmon - with Reasons for the Decline of the Fisheries, and How They Can Be Improved, and Again Made Productive. Ivan and India Make an Investment. Just Like Jesse Owens. The green man. Reciprocity. Angler and Tourist's Guide to the Rivers, Lakes, and Remarkable Places in the Northern Counties of Scotland. Out of the world and back:. Chase - What School Made Me to Chase... . An Easy Burden. Burning as light. Gloag and Henderson. The poet and the landscape. Amylin. Quiet as moss. A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS A Book About Wild Flowers. A Prospect of Britain. Collected poems. Here I Am. Determined. Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Image Processing. Functions of the Right Cerebral Hemisphere. Prospect of Flowers 1ST Edition. Fight or Flight. When Every Word Counts. Politician. Environmental ethics and the global marketplace. Hosea Williams. Three Figures, dated n.d., brush and black ink on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1956.1208. Dancers, dated n.d., colored woodcut on white japanese paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1956.1209. Selim Kahn III, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, dated 1815, mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2011.1089. Scar, dated 1988, watercolor with gouache and charcoal over traces of graphite, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2000.103. Answers for Alexander Stephen merchant in Leith, to the petition of Andrew Ross, Andrew Young, and John Baikie, officers of the customs in Orkney, dated 1762, held by Wellcome Collection. Young Waters, an ancient Scottish poem, dated 1755, held by Wellcome Collection. Everyone is fucking with gender at the gym / Char Eve ; D. Mortimer ; Paige Young ; Andrew MacMillan., dated 2025, held by Wellcome Collection. Hygiene & diseases of warm climates / edited by Andrew Davidson., dated 1893, held by Wellcome Collection. Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Andrew Ross, collector of the customs in Orkney, Andrew Young, surveyor of the customs, and John Baikie, land-waiter there, .., dated 1762, held by Wellcome Collection. Breaking ground : my life in medicine / Dr. Louis W. Sullivan with David Chanoff ; foreword by Ambassador Andrew Young., dated [2014], held by Wellcome Collection. Ferguson-Smith correspondence with Bryan Douglas Young, dated 1981-1983, held by Wellcome Collection. Hygiene and diseases of warm climates / edited by Andrew Davidson., dated 1893, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 92 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 301 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Young, Andrew, (born 12 March 1932), Chairman, Andrew J. Young Foundation, since 2003, Who's Who, 2007. Young, Andrew, African American Studies Center, 2009. Young, Andrew, African American Studies Center, 2005. Young, Hon. Lord, (Andrew Robert William Young) ( born 15 April 1966), Who's Who, 2023. Putative nanobacteria represent physiological remnants and culture by-products of normal calcium homeostasis., PLoS ONE, 2009. There’s More to Dentistry, Journal of the California Dental Association, 2024. Combinatorial F-G Immunogens as Nipah and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Candidates, Viruses, 2021. In vivo effectiveness and safety of probiotics on prophylaxis and treatment of oral candidiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis, BMC Oral Health, 2019. Dynamics of Parental Opioid Use and Children's Health and Well-Being: An Integrative Systems Mapping Approach, Frontiers in Psychology, 2021. Modeling Reflection Spectra of Super-Eddington X-Ray Sources, The Astrophysical Journal, 2025. Characterization of a murine mixed neuron-glia model and cellular responses to regulatory T cell-derived factors, Molecular Brain, 2018. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dental and Dental Hygiene Faculty and Students Toward Medical Marijuana: A Cross-Sectional Study, Integrative Medicine Reports, 2025.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

HexPlayerPods Sticky-NotePad Holder (3848845) (2019) — Internet Archive. HexPlayerPods Card Holder (3848774) (2019) — Internet Archive. CFRadio E06 — Internet Archive. [Project399 - The Practice Rig] Arm Protectors / Legs (4437019) (2020) — Internet Archive. Assessing identity and expression recognition across the face and voice: links to general intelligence and alexithymia (2018) — Internet Archive. the poet and the lanscape (1962) — Internet Archive. HexPlayerPods 2+2 Dice & Token Holder (3848804) (2019) — Internet Archive. The Down-town Church: A Study of a Social Institution in Transition (1912) — Internet Archive. out of the world and back (1958) — Internet Archive. CFRadio E08 — Internet Archive. Maternal Immunisation Readiness Network in Africa and Asia - Quantifying the burden of RSV disease in young children and pregnant women in MIRNA partner countries: Systematic review protocol (2025) — Internet Archive. Alexithymia and General Intelligence: Independent association over and above emotion recognition ability? (2019) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 24 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Andrew Young studied at Dillard University, Howard University and Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. the recorded working language is English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Marion. Employment is recorded with United Nations. Positions recorded include United States representative and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Alpha Phi Alpha and National Council of Churches.

Distinctions recorded are Spingarn Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship and honorary doctorate from Emory University.

Chronology

  1. 1932Andrew Young born at New Orleans.
  2. 1962the poet and the lanscape digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2018Assessing identity and expression recognition across the face and voice: links to general intelligence and alexithymia digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2019HexPlayerPods Sticky-NotePad Holder (3848845) digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2019HexPlayerPods Card Holder (3848774) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2020[Project399 - The Practice Rig] Arm Protectors / Legs (4437019) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Andrew Young”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q959635: Andrew Young

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