Young, John Russell, 1840-1899
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Name (Latin)
Young, John Russell, 1840-1899
Other forms of name
Young, John Russell, 1841-1899
Date of birth
1840-11-20
Date of death
1899-01-17
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Guranto Shōgun Nihon hōmonki, 1983:t.p. (John Russell Young)
- LC data base, 1/24/84(hdg.: Young, John Russell, 1841-1899)
- Quarterly journal of the Library of Congress, Apr. 1976:p. 116-149 (Broderick, J.C. "John Russell Young: the internationalist as librarian": b. Nov. 20, 1840, Dunnamanagh, County Tyrone, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland]; of Scots lineage and Presbyterian background; family sailed to America in 1841; settled first in Downingtown, Pa.; moved three years later to Philadelphia; in Young's lifetime and shortly thereafter, he was represented as having been born in Downingtown in 1841; Young made many animadversions against the Irish and may have sought to obscure his Irish birth; Librarian of Congress, July 1, 1897-Jan. 17, 1899 (his death))
- Biography resource center WWW site, Oct. 27, 2008(John Russell Young; b. Nov. 20, 1840, Tyrone County [sic], Ireland, to Scottish parents; d. Jan. 17, 1899; journalist (information from Dictionary of American biography base set, 1928-1936))
- His Men and memories, c1901:t.p. (John Russell Young) p. xiii, etc. (b. near Dunnamanna, Tyrone, Nov. 20, 1840, of purely Scottish parents; less than a year old when his parents came to America; d. Jan. 17, 1899)
- ProQuest historical newspapers WWW site, Oct. 27, 2008:Washington post, Jan. 18, 1899 (John Russell Young; b. near Downingtown, Nov. 20, 1841; d. yesterday morning [Jan. 17, 1899] at his home in this city)
- Fragmentary records of the Youngs, 1869:p. 45 (John Russell Young; b. Nov. 20, 1840, Downingtown, Chester County; son of George Rankin Young (b. ca. 1815) and Elizabeth Rankin (m. 1837; d. June 21, 1851, Philadelphia); siblings: Mary Anne Young (b. ca. 1843), James Rankin Young (b. Mar. 10, 1846); Elizabeth J. Young (b. May 1850))
- AncestryLibrary.com, Oct. 27, 2008:1850 census, Sixth Ward, Kensington, Philadelphia County, Pa. (George Young, 44; Elizabeth, 39; John, 8 [i.e. b. 1841 or 1842], b. in Ireland; Mary A., 6; James, 3; Eliza J., 2) 1860 census, 15th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa. (Geo. Young, 47; Mary, 48; John, 19 [i.e. b. 1840 or 1841], printer, b. in Pa.; Mary, 18; James, 15; Eliza, 12)
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John Russell Young
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Wikipedia description:
John Russell Young (November 20, 1840 – January 17, 1899) was an American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of the United States Congress from 1897 to 1899. He was invited by Ulysses S. Grant to accompany him on a world tour for purposes of recording the two-year journey, which he published in a two-volume work.
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