Roberto Young

Robert Young (1700s–1743) was a Scottish doctor of medicine, who was employed by the South Sea Company in Buenos Aires.[1]

Robert Young
Personal details
Bornc.1700
Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Died1743
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
NationalityScottish
OccupationMedicine
ProfessionPhysician

Biography

Young was born in Scotland, the son of Alexander Young and Margaret Bucanan. He was graduated in medicine in Spain,[2] and arrived at the port of Buenos Aires aboard a ship belonging to the South Sea Company, company that had its facilities in the area of Retiro.[3]

After leaving the Royal English Company, he was hired by the Viceregal Authorities who assigned them to serve in the Fort of Buenos Aires.[4] Young who professed the Protestant religion converted to Catholicism in 1737.[5]

In Buenos Aires, Roberto Young had exercised the profession of surgeon with Robert Fontaine and Robert Espren, known as the three "Robert".[6] He had the first Brewery installed in the city. The company used slaves for packaging of the beer. This action earned him a fine imposed by the Governor of Buenos Aires against Robert Young.[7]

Robert Young died in 1743 and bequeathed all his property to the Jesuits of Buenos Aires.[8]

References
  1. Historia cronológica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires 1536-2014. By Contreras, Leonel. March 2014. ISBN 9789870273066.
  2. Grandes figuras de la cirugía Argentina. Alberto Ernesto Laurence. 1987. ISBN 9789509913301.
  3. Todo es historia, Issues 402-407. Todo es Historia, 2001. 2001.
  4. Historia social y cultural del Río de la Plata, 1536-1810. Guillermo Fúrlong Cárdiff. 1969.
  5. Bautismos 1732-1752. Nuestra Señora de La Merced.
  6. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Volume 28. Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina). 1957.
  7. Historia, Volumes 14-15. Armando Alonso Piñeiro. December 1994.
  8. Tomás Falkner y su "Acerca de los patagones," 1788. Guillermo Fúrlong Cárdiff. 1954.
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