Biographies

WOODS, ROBIN WILFRID 1936 - 2020
England

ornithologist and botanist, was born in Croydon, Surrey on 20 October 1936. His interest in natural history, especially birds, began in 1940 when his father gave him a copy of The Observer's Book...

YOUNG, COLIN DOUGLAS b 1940
Scotland

grasslands officer; was born in Glasgow 13 May 1940, the younger son of Edward M Young MA (headmaster) and Mary Miller Young, née Durney (schoolteacher).Educated at the High School of Glasgow 1945...

YOUNG, LEONARD WILLIAM HAMILTON 1891 - 1969
England

businessman, was born in London on 3 January 1891. In 1929, at a time of complete dependence of the Islands for passenger and cargo traffic on irregular calls by Pacific Steam Navigation Company...

YOUNG, Sir (WILLIAM) DOUGLAS 1859-1943
England

governor, was born on 27 January 1859, the eldest son of William Alexander George Young CMG, governor of the Gold Coast Colony {Ghana}.

He was educated at Charterhouse and followed his father's...