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Arthur Young
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Arthur Young was an English economist, journalist, statistician and non-fiction writer born on 11 September 1741 in Whitehall. He worked in the field of agriculture and wrote Arthur Young's Tour in Ireland, On the efficacy of yeast in the cure of those diseases known by the name of putrid, and Travels in France. He was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Young died on 12 April 1820 in London.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 119
Top works
- 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
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1741-09-11 ) 11 September 1741, Whitehall , London
- Died
- 12 April 1820 (1820-04-12) (aged 78), Sackville Street, London
- Occupations
- Writer on agriculture , economics , and social statistics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Family name
- Young
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Whitehall
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- agriculture
- Image
- Arthur Young (1741-1820).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1741-09-11
- date of death
- 1820-04-12
- Commons category
- Arthur Young (1741-1820)
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Arthur Young
- P12749
- Neukirchen/Erzgeb.
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Arthur Young, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Arthur Young FRS (11 September 1741 – 12 April 1820) was an English agriculturist. Not himself successful as a farmer, he built on connections and activities as a publicist a substantial reputation as an expert on agricultural improvement. After the French Revolution of 1789, his views on its politics carried weight as an informed observer, and he became an important opponent of British reformers.
Young is considered a major English writer on agriculture and an early contributor to agricultural economics, although he is best known as a social and political observer. Also read widely were his Tour in Ireland (1780) and Travels in France (1792).
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