Arthur Young (Agronomist)
Arthur Young (born September 11, 1741 in Suffolk , England , † April 20, 1820 in London ) was an English agricultural scientist and publicist. He wrote works on agriculture, politics and economics.
Life
Arthur Young published the pamphlet On the War in North America when he was 17 . In 1761 he went to London and edited The Universal Museum magazine. He also wrote four novels.
From 1759 he managed the small and indebted estate of his family, from 1767 he was also the manager of a farm in Essex. He undertook numerous experiments and published their results in 1770 in A Course of Experimental Agriculture . Young traveled to England and Ireland for study purposes. From 1784 he published the Annals of Agriculture , 45 volumes appeared. In 1787 he traveled to France for the first time. He described the conditions before and during the French Revolution . On his return he was appointed Secretary of the Board of Agriculture , where he worked on the collection of agricultural data for the English counties.
In 1792 he published the travelogue Travels During the Years 1787, 1788 and 1789, Undertaken More Particularly with a View of Ascertaining the Cultivation, Resources, and National Prosperity, of the Kingdom of France .
Young was a major contributor to agricultural innovations such as drill seeding , improved crop rotation, and the use of marl as fertilizer.
Web links
Fonts
- A Six Weeks Tour Through the Southern Counties of England and Wales
- The Farmer's Letters to the People of England , 1768
- The Farmer's Calendar , 1771
- Political Arithmetic , 1774
- A Tour in Ireland , 1780
- Travels in France , 1792
literature
- John G. Gazley: The Life of Arthur Young, 1741-1820 , 1973
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Young, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English agronomist and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1820 |
| Place of death | London |