Patrick Young
Patrick Young , latinized Patricius Iunius , (born August 29, 1584 in Seaton, Forfarshire , † September 7, 1652 ) was a Scottish scholar and one of the most important English Graecists of his time.
Life
His father Peter Young was the teacher of the Scottish King James VI (later King James I of England ). Young studied at St. Andrews with a Magister Artium degree in 1603. In the same year he went with his father in the entourage of James I to London, when he was crowned King of England. There he became secretary and librarian to George Lloyd, the Bishop of Chester. In 1605 he was ordained at Oxford and was chaplain of All Souls College . He gave up that in order to work in the diplomatic service as Latin secretary for foreign correspondence in London, where he also made trips abroad, e.g. B. 1617 to Paris, and thereby established contacts with scholars. He was also the librarian of various kings (Jacob I, Karl I). In 1618 he was with his younger brother John Young (1585-1655), who was Dean in Winchester, citizens of Dundee. He was involved in the Latin translation of the works of King James I, in 1620 was Magister Artium in Cambridge and in 1621 beneficiary and treasurer of St. Paul's Cathedral. Young also had several other ecclesiastical benefices (Rector of Llanynys in Denbighshire from 1623 and Rector of Hayes, Middlesex, from 1623 to 1647). In 1624 he became the Latin secretary of Bishop John Williams (1582–1650), who later became Archbishop of York.
He had a reputation as an important Graecist and was used to study the Codex Alexandrinus , which came to England as a gift to Charles I in 1627 (along with other famous scholars such as James Ussher , John Selden ). His comments on this appeared in Brian Walton's London Polyglot Bible (1657). He also published the First Letter of Clement in Oxford in 1633 , the incomplete Greek text of which had been given to the English King Charles I by Thomas Roe , with Young trying to fill in the gaps. This was followed by an edition of the Greek original of Clement's second letter. Both are editio princeps of the letters of Clement. His edition of Clement's letters with a Latin translation was published posthumously in 1687 and 1694. In 1647 he received £ 2,000 from the English state for editing these works.
1637 appeared his Catena Graecorum Patrum in Iob (a Katene the Greek Fathers to the book of Job ) and in 1638 his Expositio in Canticum Canticorum (Commentary on the Song of Songs ).
His abridged annotated edition of the work of Louis Savot (1579-1640) on the coins of Roman rulers appeared in volume 5 of the Collectanea by John Leland in 1770 and 1774.
His library went to Thomas Gale .
Fonts (selection)
- Catena Graecorum Patrum in Iob … opera et studio Patricii Iunii. Londinii, 1637, digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
- Gilbertii Foliot Episcopi Londinesis, Expositio in Canticum Canticorum: una cum compendio Alcuini. ... opera et studio Patricii Iunii. Londinii, 1638, Google Books
literature
- Johannes Kemke : Patricius Junius (Patrick Young). Messages from his correspondence. Leipzig 1898 (collection of library studies 12).
Web links
- Alexander Hastie Millar: Young, Patrick . In: Dictionary of National Biography , 1885-1900, Volume 63
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Young, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Junius, Patricius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theologian and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1584 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seaton, Forfarshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1652 |