Alfred Prentice Young

Alfred Prentice Young PhD (Berlin), FGS
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Born	1841
Died	1919
Residence	c/o Grindley & Co., 54 Parliament Street, SW
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow elected_AI 1906.06.15 societies Geological Society

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House Notes

Proposed by F.W. Rudler, seconded by William Gowland, 1906.05.22

Notes From Elsewhere

Born in Bombay,student and writer, Denmark Hill Grammar School in London. In the Indian navy for a time. Studied Natural History at Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard, 1876-1977. Studied Geology and Mineralogy at the Royal School of Mines in London. In 1893 he took a trip through India and Italy, he shot a tiger, whose skin he gave to sister Georgiana. Wrote in German for PhD in Philosophy. During WWI he worked for the Germans and was interred in Tyrol for a time. Wrote and co-authored at least 3 books, likely also wrote many articles.