Douglas Young (classicist)

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Professor Douglas Young (born Tayport, Fife) (June 5, 1913 - October 23, 1973) was a Scottish poet, scholar, and translator. He was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1942 to 1945.

Young's father was employed in in India by a Dundee jute firm, but insisted that his pregnant wife return home to give birth to their son in Scotland. However, shorty after his birth in Fife, the infant Douglas Young was taken to India with his mother, where he spent the early part of his childhood, before the family returned to Scotland.

From the age of eight Young attended Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, where he developed a deep interest in history and the classics. He later studied at the University of St Andrews and New College, Oxford, before being appointed as Professor of Greek at the University of Aberdeen in 1938. He served as leader of the SNP from 1942 to 1945. He later taught at the universities of Dundee and St Andrews.

Political offices
Preceded by: William Power	Leader of the Scottish National Party 1942–1945	Succeeded by: Robert McIntyre

Leaders of the Scottish National Party
MacEwan, Gibb, Power, Young, Watson, McIntyre, Halliday, Donaldson, Wolfe, Wilson, Salmond, Swinney, Salmond