> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 493](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066833) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11954-1) LSID 11954-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21613321) QID Q21613321 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Young, William Jr. (1742-1785), American (German-born) botanist; came to Philadelphia from Cassel (Germany) 1744; nurseryman and gardener at Kingsessing 1761-1764; to England 1764; studied botany and gardening; returned to America 1766 as Queen's botanist and commercial gardener and plant collector; again in England 1768 accompanying a consignment of plants, in the Carolinas 1768, to England 1769-1770, 1771-1772; continued his collecting activities from Philadelphia 1772-1785. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Young* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Young*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]. – *Manuscripts*: [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 534 (b. 30 Nov 1742, d. 16 Mar 1785); BB p. 337-338; BM 5: 2376; Dryander 3: 186 (mss.); ME 1: 244, 3: 353, 743; Tucker 1: 344, 3: 343. #### Biofile - Britten, J., J. Bot. 32: 332-337. 1894. - Coats, A.M., Plant hunters 275, 279-281. 1969. - Darlington, W., Memorials 266, 267, 270, 279, 285, 286, 344, 504, 509, 510. 1849. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 3. 1969. - Hadfield, M., Brit. Gard. 313. 1980 (b. 1705 \[err.\]). - Harshberger, J.W., Torreya 17(6): 91-99. 1917 (biogr. based on original sources). - Kinch, M., Newsl. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 10: 8. 1981. - Murray, G., *in* Hist. coll. nat. hist. depts. Brit. Mus. 1: 193. 1904 (Carolina pl. 1767). - Woodward, B.B., *in* Hist. coll. nat. hist. depts. Brit. Mus. 1: 53. 1904 (302 water colour drawings 1767). ### Publications ##### n.18.453. Catalogue d'arbres et plantes herbacées d'Amérique **Title** *Catalogue d'arbres et plantes herbacées d'Amérique*, par M. Yong \[sic, for Young\], Botaniste de Pensylvanie. Ce catalogue est divisé en deux parties; la première contient les plantes que M. Yong peut fournir aux Européens, soit en graines, soit en plants \[sic\]. La seconde contient celles qu'on ne pourra se procurer, qu'en les demandant dans d'autres provinces. À Paris (de l'Imprimerie de la V.e Hérissant,...) 1783. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. arbr. Amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1783, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-55. *Copy*: HH. – Other copy at Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris. *Facsimile repr*.: 1916, p. \[i\]-xi, \[i-iii\], \[1\]-55. *Copies*: H, MO, NY, PH. – *Botanica neglecta*. William Young, Jr. (of Philadelphia) "Botaniste de Pensylvanie" and his long-forgotten book being a facsimile reprint of his "Catalogue d'arbres arbustes et plantes herbacées d'Amérique" published in Paris in 1783 with a prefatory account by the author and critical notes by the editor Samuel N. Rhoads. Privately printed, Philadelphia. 1916. – 250 coples. *Ref*.: N.T., Torreya 16: 244-245. 9 Dec 1916 (rev.). - Tucker, E.M., J. Arnold Arb. 11: 59-60. 1930.