Arthur Young

Young, Arthur

Young, Arthur (1741–1820). Farmer, journalist, and agricultural writer. Often regarded as a pioneer of the agricultural revolution, Young began his working life as a small farmer at Bradfield, his family home in Suffolk. In 1767 he took the tenancy of a 300-acre farm in Essex, from which he soon moved on—reputedly paying another man £100 to take the tenancy off him—to Hertfordshire where he held the tenancy of a farm from 1768 until 1777. After two years in Ireland (1776–8) he returned to Bradfield where he farmed and settled to work as a writer and journalist, founding in 1784 the Annals of Agriculture of which he edited (and often largely wrote) 46 volumes until 1809. In 1785 he inherited the small family property at Bradfield, and in 1793 he became secretary to the Board of Agriculture with a salary of £400. Despite his lack of success as a practical farmer, Young's prolific writings, his trenchantly held opinions, and his position at the Board of Agriculture all helped to build up his reputation as one of the foremost popularizers of the new ideas and practices of the agricultural revolution.

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Young, Arthur

Young, Arthur (1741–1820), became well known as an agricultural theorist; he wrote a large number of works on agricultural subjects and edited the periodical The Annals of Agriculture (1784–1809). His power of political and social observation is shown by his Political Arithmetic (1774) and his Tour in Ireland (1780), but his fame rests chiefly on Travels in France (1792). Young was connected with the Burneys, and his country house, Bradfield Hall, Suffolk, is described in Fanny Burney's Camilla.

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Young, Arthur

Young, Arthur (1741–1820). Farmer, journalist, and agricultural writer. Often regarded as a pioneer of the agricultural revolution, Young began his working life as a small farmer at Bradfield, his family home in Suffolk. After two years in Ireland (1776–8) he returned to Bradfield, where he farmed and settled to work as a writer and journalist, founding in 1784 the Annals of Agriculture, which he edited until 1809. In 1793 he became secretary to the Board of Agriculture with a salary of £400.

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Arthur Young

Arthur Young 1741–1820, English agriculturist. His writings hastened the progress of scientific farming. He traveled widely, always observing techniques of farming. In 1784, Young founded the periodical Annals of Agriculture and edited it through 1808. Among his other works are three accounts of tours in England (1768–71) and Travels during the Years 1787, 1788, 1789, and 1790 (1792–94).

Bibliography: See his autobiography (1898); biography by J. G. Gazley (1973).

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Young, Art(hur)

Young, Art[hur] (1866–1943), cartoonist noted for his striking satirical drawings for liberal and radical publications. His pacifistic cartoons during World War I led to a trial for sedition. His books include Hell Up to Date (1893) and Art Young's Inferno (1934), showing Hell as the abode of reactionaries; and two autobiographical works, On My Way (1928) and Art Young: His Life and Times (1939).

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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Young, Art(hur)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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