Person Young; James (1811 - 1883) Young James 1811 - 1883 British Male Drygate, Glasgow, Scotland 13 July 1811 Kelly, near Wemyss Bay 13 May 1883

Kelly, Wemyss Bay, near Greenock (1872)

Chemist Education: Studied under Thomas Graham (FRS 1836); Andersonian University, Glasgow Career: Assistant to Thomas Graham and worked with him in University College, London; in business in Manchester; involved in manufacturing oils from a petroleum spring at Alfreton, Derbyshire (1848-1851); in partnership with Edward Meldrum and Edward William Binney (FRS 1856) maufacturing oils at Bathgate (1850); began selling paraffin (1856); donated £1,000 to the Royal Society, for general purposes (1878) Son of John Young, joiner, and his wife Jean Wilson; married (1838) Mary Fellow 12/06/1873 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 13 Jul 1811 - 13 May 1883 NA5603 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/102331168 a83a145a-8524-45a5-85cb-b9921b7b0694