John Young (1835–1902)

Scottish physician and geologist. Physician at the Royal Infirmary and Royal Lunatic Asylum, Edinburgh, until 1866. Worked on the Royal Geological Survey, 1860–6. Keeper of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, 1866. Professor of natural history and Honeyman Gillespie lecturer on geology, University of Glasgow, 1866–1901.