Robert Young (14 November 1796 – 16 November 1865) was an Australian autobiographer/memoirist and Methodist minister. Young was born in

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and died in

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. Robert Young was elected

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at Bristol in 1856. His son Robert Newton Young was elected

at London in 1886.

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Australian autobiographers Australian Methodist ministers Australian Methodists Australian people of English descent 1796 births 1865 deaths Presidents of the Methodist Conference 19th-century Australian Methodist ministers 19th-century Australian writers {{Australia-reli-bio-stub

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