James Young ( 1811 - 1883 )

Birth: Drygate, Glasgow, Scotland (13 July 1811) Death: Kelly, near Wemyss Bay (13 May 1883) Profession: 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) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/06/1873.