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Young, James
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James Young was an honours student in the sociology program at Dalhousie University during the 1970s. His honours thesis involved the origin and development of the Communist Party in Canada up to 1926.

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George Renny Young was a publisher, lawyer, author and politician. He was born in Falkirk, Scotland, on 4 July 1802 to John Young and Agnes Renny. In 1814 he came with his family to Nova Scotia, where he helped to establish John Young and Company with his father and brother William. Young worked for the family dry goods business until 1821, when he started at Pictou Academy. In 1824 he founded a weekly newspaper, The Novascotian. In 1827 he sold the paper to Joseph Howe in order to pursue legal studies in Britain. He became an attorney in 1833 and a barrister in 1834, when he established an insurance practice with William that would last into the 1850s. In 1838 he married Jane Brooking, with whom he had one son, John.

Young entered the Nova Scotia assembly in 1843 as the member for Pictou County. He was a strong and vocal supporter of the reformers, protesting the General Mining Association’s monopoly in the province and supporting the creation of a Halifax and Quebec Railway. In 1848 he became a minister in J.B. Uniacke’s government. In the following years Young’s physical and mental health deteriorated. Although he did not seek re-election in 1851, he continued to voice his political opinions in a series of letters published in the British North American.

George Young wrote articles, books and letters to newspapers on a variety of topics. His first book, The British North American Colonies, was published in 1834. He also wrote a romantic fiction, The Prince and his Protégé, which appeared in a variety of formats in 1844. Young lectured and served as president of the Halifax Mechanics’ Institute. He died in Halifax on 30 June 1853.

Young, George R., 1802-1853
Person · 1802-1853

Journalist, author, lawyer, and politician George Renny Young was born at Falkirk, Scotland on 4 July 1802, son of John and Agnes (Renny) Young. He emigrated to Halifax, N.S. with his parents in April 1814 and assisted in his father's business as a dry goods merchant prior to entering Pictou Academy. He founded the Novascotian newspaper in 1824, selling it to Joseph Howe in 1828 in order to pursue legal studies in Britain. Young became a barrister in 1834 and practiced law in association with his brother William. He entered politics in 1843 as member of the Legislative Assembly for Pictou County and was also a member of the first Executive Council. A dispute over the formation of an intercolonial railway led to his resignation from the cabinet in 1851. He died at Halifax on 30 June 1853. Young was the author of numerous books and pamphlets. Among his best-known works is On colonial literature, science, and education (1842). Young married Jane Frances Brooking (d. 1841) of London, England on 19 April 1838; they had a son, John Brooking (1839-1870).

Young, George F.W.
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George Frederick W. Young received an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and went on to complete his Ph. D. at the University of Chicago. In 1970 he began a long career at St. Mary’s University in the History Department as Assistant Professor (1970-74), Associate Professor (1974-88), and Professor (1988-2005).

Dr. Young has held other administrative roles within the university as well, including Chair of the History Department from 1978-82, 1986-87 and 1999-01, and Visiting Lectures Chair from 1979-80. He also worked with the St. Mary’s University Faculty Union (SMUFU) in the mid-seventies as Secretary, Senate Research Committee Chair, and as a member of the Salary Committee.

Dr. Young’s research interests include Spain, Latin America, and modern Europe. He has studied the topic of Germans in Latin America extensively and done research in Germany (1959-60) and Chile (1964-65). In 1991, he co-ordinated the symposium “German Business in Latin America and Latin American Deutschtum, 1815-1945” at the 47th Congress of the Americanists held in New Orleans. In 1980 Dr. Young, along with three colleagues, also collaborated to create a current events commentary program called Canadian Commentary.

As of 2005, Dr. Young continues to teach in the History Department on a part-time basis.

Young, Elrid Gordon
Person · 1897-1976

Eldrid Gordon Young was a Dalhousie professor and biochemist, and conducted secret research in chemical warfare for the Department of National Defence during World War Two. He was born in Quebec City in 1897, and graduated with an MA from McGill University in 1919 and a PhD from Cambridge University in 1921. Following post-doctoral studies in Chicago, he moved to Halifax in 1924 to work at Dalhousie, retiring in 1948 as head of the Department of Biochemistry. Dr. Young was a member of many professional organizations and national and international societies. He was awarded an Honorary DSc from Acadia University in 1957 and an Honorary LLD by Dalhousie University in 1965. He died on 24 March 1976.

Young, Annie Harris
Person · 1890-1910

Annie Harris Young was born on Caribou Island, Pictou County, N.S. and later moved to Three Brooks, Pictou County. She attended Pictou Academy. Her father taught school and later became a farmer. Annie had two siblings: Anderson and Elsie. She married Reverend Young. Her family were descendants of Dr. John Harris, and she was the great grand-daughter of James Harris.

Young, A.J.
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Dr. Alexander J. (Sandy) Young was a prominent Nova Scotian educator, author, and sports historian. Born in New York City in 1938, he was educated in Pennsylvania and Maryland but moved to Canada in 1970 to join Dalhousie’s School of Physical Education. Young was an active member of the Dalhousie community, he served as president of the Dalhousie Faculty Association in the mid-1980s, was director of the School of Health and Human Performance from 1989 to 1993, and helped establish Dalhousie’s popular “Noon-time Ball” competition. He continued teaching at the university until 1998.

Young’s reputation grew to expand beyond Dalhousie as well, where he became known for his commitment to and knowledge of Nova Scotia athletics. He authored the well-respected Beyond Heroes: A Sport History of Nova Scotia which examined the cultural and historical impact of sport in the province. He also helped establish the Nova Scotia Sport Heritage Centre and co-hosted the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame induction ceremonies for about twenty years. He died on 6 August 2000 at the age of sixty-two, survived by his four daughters, Nicole, Michelle, Julie, and Gabrielle.

Recognition for Young’s years of dedication to Nova Scotia sport include the renaming of the Dalhousie Award to the Sandy Young Award in 2000 and a posthumous induction to the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2002.

Young, Abram d. 1879
Person · d. 1879

Abram Young was the son of Abraham (1784-1863) and Hannah Wade Young, born in 1821 at Annapolis County, N.S. He first married Jane Young and then Abigail Sprowell and had 10 children. He removed to Bridgetown where he purchased a ship yard with his brother Isaac from the Bridgetown Shipbuilding Company. He built his first vessel there in 1861. Later he owned and operated a small farm in Belleisle. Young died in 1879.