James Young
1811–83
Chemist and philanthropist. Laboratory assistant to Thomas Graham at Anderson’s University, Glasgow, 1831–7, and at University College London, 1837–9. Manager at James Muspratt & Sons at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, 1839–44; at Tennant, Clow & Company, Ardwick Bridge, Manchester, 1844–51. Opened and ran an oilworks at Bathgate, Scotland, 1851–64. Established Young’s Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company at Addiewell in 1864. President of Anderson’s University, 1868–77. FRS 1873.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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