Arthur Young (divine)
Arthur Young (1693–1759) was an English clergyman.
Life
Young was born in 1693, the son of Bartholomew Young (d. 12 August 1724) of Bradfield Combust in Suffolk. He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, graduating LL.B. in 1716, and proceeding LL.D. in 1728.[1] In 1719 he was instituted to the rectories of Bradfield Combust and Bradfield St. Clare. On 27 June 1746 he was installed a prebendary of Canterbury. In 1748 he was presented to the vicarage of Exning in Suffolk, and received a dispensation to hold it with Bradfield St. Clare. He was also chaplain to Arthur Onslow, speaker of the House of Commons.[2]
Young died on 26 June 1759 at Bradfield Combust, where he had inherited from his father an estate of about two hundred acres, and was buried there.[2]
Family
Young married Anna Lucretia (d. 6 October 1785), daughter of John Coussmaker of Weybridge, Surrey. By her he had two sons, John and Arthur, and a daughter, Elizabeth Mary, who married John Tomlinson of East Barnet. The elder son John Young, fellow of Eton, broke his neck in 1786 while hunting with George III. The younger son, Arthur was secretary to the board of agriculture.[2]
Works
Young was the author of:[2]
- An Historical Dissertation on Idolatrous Corruptions in Religion from the Beginning of the World, and on the Methods taken by Divine Providence in reforming them, London, 1734, 2 vols. 8vo. This is intended to explain the rise of Judaism and Christianity in place of idolatry.[3]
- A Dissertation on the Gospel Demoniacks, London, 1760, 8vo. This was prompted by a reply from Richard Smalbroke, bishop of St. David's, to Thomas Woolston's Discourse on the Miracles of Our Saviour. It was published posthumously.[4]
References
- ↑ "Young, Arthur (YN710A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Carlyle 1900, p. 367.
- ↑ ODNB entry by E. I. Carlyle, rev. B. W. Young. Retrieved 18 November 2013. Pay-walled.
- ↑ ODNB entry.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Carlyle, Edward Irving (1900). "Young, Arthur (1693–1759)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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