Robert Young (clergyman)

Robert Young (14 November 1796 – 16 November 1865) was an Australian autobiographer/memoirist and Methodist minister. Young was born in Ryton, Durham, England and died in Truro, Cornwall, England.[1]

Robert Young
President of the Methodist Conference
In office
1856–1857
Preceded byIsaac Keeling
Succeeded byFrancis A West
Personal details
Born14 November 1796
Ryton, Durham
Died16 November 1865 (1865-11-17) (aged 69)
Truro, Cornwall
OccupationMethodist minister

Robert Young was elected President of the Methodist Conference at Bristol in 1856.[2]

His son Robert Newton Young was elected President of the Methodist Conference at London in 1886.[3]

See also

References

  1. Claughton, S. G. "Young, Robert (1796–1865)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 18 February 2012 via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Author, Unknown (1891). Wesley and His Successors p185. London: Charles H Kelly. p. 258. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. Author, Unknown (1891). Wesley and His Successors p249. London: Charles H Kelly. p. 258. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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