Arthur Young

Arthur Young was an economist, journalist, statistician, writer, farmer and agronomist (1741–1820). He was born at Whitehall and died at London.

Overview

Born at Whitehall in 1741, died at London in 1820.

Career and activity

Arthur Young worked in agriculture.

He belonged to Royal Society, Société d'agriculture de Paris and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Catalogued works

52 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1760 to 2008. The first 12 are listed here.

The autobiography of Arthur Young. A Six Months Tour through the North of England. Travels in France. Arthur Young's Tour in Ireland (1776-1779). Arthur Young's Tour in Ireland. On the efficacy of yeast in the cure of those diseases known by the name of putrid. Travels in France [Christmas Summary Classics]. Quebec nationalism. Farmer's Tour Through the East of England Being the Register. of a Journey Through Various Oounties of This Kingdom, to Enquire into the State of Agriculture (etc. )-London, Strahan 1771. Guide du Fermier, Ou Instructions Pour Elever, Nourrir ... les Betes a Cornes, les Brebis, les Moutons etc. Traduit de l'anglois (par Trenais) Sur la 4. Ed, Volume 2... Autobiography of Arthur Young. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex.

In public collections

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 277 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

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

Young, Arthur, Called Art, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Young, Arthur (1741–1820), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Young, Arthur (1693–1759), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Young, Sir Robert Arthur (1871–1959), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Young, Arthur Henry (1866-1943), cartoonist, American National Biography Online, 2000. Functional Segregation within the Muscles of Aquatic Propulsion in the Asiatic Water Monitor (Varanus salvator), Frontiers in Physiology, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

15 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

The accounting establishment in perspective: proceedings of the Arthur Young Professors' Roundtable 1978 (1979) — Internet Archive. Study of the financing of graduate medical education (1986) — Internet Archive. Export & domestic market opportunities for underutilized fish & shellfish / prepared for U.S. Department of Commerce by Earl R. Combs, Inc. ; assisted by Arthur Young & Co (1979) — Internet Archive. A Dictionary of the Characters and Scenes in the Stories and Poems of Rudyard Kipling 1886 - 1911 (1969) — Internet Archive. The Farmer's Letters to the People of England: Containing the Sentiments of ... (1768) — Internet Archive. The farmer's kalendar; or, A monthly directory for all sorts of country business. By an ... (1862) — Internet Archive. Arthur Young's Tour in Ireland (1776-1779) (1892) — Internet Archive. The Slavery Controversy 1831-1860 (1939) — Internet Archive. General View of the Agriculture of Hertfordshire (1804) — Internet Archive. The Ernst & Young guide to expanding in the global market (1991) — Internet Archive. Author`s Reading (1897) — Internet Archive. Special report for the honorable mayor and city council of the city of San Jose (1984) — Internet Archive.

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. 9 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is agriculture.

Membership is recorded of Royal Society, Société d'agriculture de Paris and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society.

Chronology

  1. 1741Arthur Young born at Whitehall.
  2. 1768The Farmer's Letters to the People of England: Containing the Sentiments of ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1820Arthur Young died at London.
  4. 1862The farmer's kalendar; or, A monthly directory for all sorts of country business. By an ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1969A Dictionary of the Characters and Scenes in the Stories and Poems of Rudyard Kipling 1886 - 1911 digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1979The accounting establishment in perspective: proceedings of the Arthur Young Professors' Roundtable 1978 digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1979Export & domestic market opportunities for underutilized fish & shellfish / prepared for U.S. Department of Commerce by Earl R. Combs, Inc. ; assisted by Arthur Young & Co digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1986Study of the financing of graduate medical education digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Arthur Young (agriculturist)”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q561670: Arthur Young

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