George Young (died 1803) was a British military surgeon and botanist who served as the first superintendent of the

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. The naturalist

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, in his book ''Some Additional Observations on the Method of Preserving Seeds from Foreign Parts'' (London, 1773) described Young as "principal surgeon to the t. Vincent militaryhospital, whose indefatigable zeal in collecting and propagating a variety of the most valuable plants, is known to all the curious botanists about London." Young's noteworthy efforts in cultivating a variety of tropical plants important for the economy of the British colonies was recognized by the

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in 1774, which awarded him a gold medal for his work. Named as one of the pupils of the botanist John Hope in th
later's entry in the ODNB

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, George Date of birth unknown 1803 deaths British botanists British surgeons