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Arthur Young <ref name="term_81627" />
<p> an English divine, chaplain to speaker Onslow, became rector of Bradfield, and in 1746 prebendary of Canterbury. He died in 1759. He published a [[Historical]] Dissertation on [[Idolatrous]] Corruptions in Religione etc. (1734). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit and Amer. Authors, s.v. </p>
<p> [[Writer]] on agriculture, born at Whitehall; was trained to mercantile life, which he abandoned in disgust, and took to farming, which he studied at home and abroad and practised on scientific lines, and became [[Secretary]] of the Board of [[Agriculture]] on its establishment in 1793; he elevated agriculture to the rank of a science and imparted dignity to the pursuit of it (1741-1820). </p>


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<ref name="term_66478"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/young,+arthur,+d.d.+ll.d. Arthur Young from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_81627"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/young,+arthur Arthur Young from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 15 October 2021

Arthur Young [1]

Writer on agriculture, born at Whitehall; was trained to mercantile life, which he abandoned in disgust, and took to farming, which he studied at home and abroad and practised on scientific lines, and became Secretary of the Board of Agriculture on its establishment in 1793; he elevated agriculture to the rank of a science and imparted dignity to the pursuit of it (1741-1820).

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