Young, Arthur (1741-1820). Farmer, journalist, and agricultural writer. Often regarded as a pioneer of the agricultural revolution, Young began his working life as a small farmer at Bradfield, his family home in Suffolk. After two years in Ireland (1776-8) he returned to Bradfield, where he farmed and settled to work as a writer and journalist, founding in 1784 the Annals of Agriculture, which he edited until 1809. In 1793 he became secretary to the Board of Agriculture with a salary of £400.

Young, Arthur (1741-1820). Suffolk agriculturalist, whose Travels in France (1792) record three lengthy journeys between 1787 and 1790. He gives a rich, often critical, picture of French economy and society, and particularly agriculture, at a particularly interesting historical moment. His work was translated with the approval of the Convention Nationale.

Young, Arthur (1741-1820), English agronomist, travel writer, and author of A Tour of Ireland (1780). Arriving in June 1776, he covered some 1, 500 miles, but did not travel much beyond the Shannon. His attention was mostly drawn to economic matters and social practices relating to them. He was shocked by the improvidence of the landed class and the idleness of the tenantry. Before returning to England in 1779, Young spent a period as agent to Lord Kingsborough's estate at Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. Young's copious records were stolen on the way to London, so that he had to rely on a more informal journal kept in 1776-7.

1741–1820, English agriculturist. His writings hastened the progress of scientific farming. He traveled widely, always observing techniques of farming. In 1784, Young founded the periodical Annals of Agriculture and edited it through 1808. Among his other works are three accounts of tours in England (1768–71) and Travels during the Years 1787, 1788, 1789, and 1790 (1792–94).

Bibliography

See his autobiography (1898); biography by J. G. Gazley (1973).

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