Robert Young (1700s–1743) was a Scottish doctor of medicine, who was employed by the

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in Buenos Aires.

Biography

Young was born in

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, the son of Alexander Young and Margaret Bucanan. He was graduated in medicine in

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, and arrived at the

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aboard a ship belonging to the South Sea Company, company that had its facilities in the area of Retiro. After leaving the Royal English Company, he was hired by the Viceregal Authorities who assigned them to serve in the Fort of Buenos Aires. Young who professed the Protestant religion converted to Catholicism in 1737. In Buenos Aires, Roberto Young had exercised the profession of

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with Robert Fontaine and Robert Espren, known as the three "Robert". He had the first

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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. Robert Young died in 1743 and bequeathed all his property to the

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of Buenos Aires.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Roberto 1700s births 1743 deaths Politicians from Buenos Aires Scottish curators 18th-century Scottish medical doctors Spanish colonial governors and administrators