(Encyclopedia) Young, Mahonri MackintoshYoung, Mahonri Mackintoshməhŏnˈrē [key], 1877–1957, American sculptor, painter, and etcher, b. Salt Lake City, studied at the Art Students League and at Julian…
(Encyclopedia) Young, Iris Marion,
1949–2006, American philosopher and political theorist, b. New York,
Ph.D. Penn State University, 1974. An activist-…
(Encyclopedia) Young, Edward, 1683–1765, English poet and dramatist. After a disappointing political life he took holy orders about 1724, serving for a time as the royal chaplain before becoming…
(Encyclopedia) Young, Michael Warren, 1949–, American geneticist, b. Miami, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1975. Young has been on the faculty at Rockefeller Univ. since 1978, and he was also an…
Young, La Monte
(Encyclopedia) Young, La Monte,
1935-, American minimalist composer, b. Bern, Id., U.C.L.A. (B.A., 1958).
Young’s family relocated several times…
(Encyclopedia) Young, Lester Willis, 1909–59, American jazz musician, b. Woodville, Miss. He played the tenor saxophone with various bands (1929–40), including those of Fletcher Henderson and Count…
(Encyclopedia) Young, Ella Flagg, 1845–1918, American educator, b. Buffalo, N.Y. She was identified with the Chicago public school system for 53 years, as teacher, principal, and superintendent of…
(Encyclopedia) Young, John Russell, 1840–99, American journalist, b. Ireland. He started his newspaper career with the Philadelphia Press and by 1862 was its managing editor. From 1866 to 1869 he was…
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