John Russell Young

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John Russell Young
United States Minister to the Qing Empire
In office
August 17, 1882 – April 7, 1885
Appointed byRutherford B. Hayes
Preceded byJames Burrill Angell
Succeeded byCharles Harvey Denby
Personal details
Born(1840-11-20)November 20, 1840
James Rankin Young
, brother
Known forJournalist, author, diplomat, librarian

John Russell Young (November 20, 1840 – January 17, 1899[1]) was an American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of the United States Congress from 1897 to 1899. He was invited by Ulysses S. Grant to accompany him on a world tour for purposes of recording the two-year journey, which he published in a two-volume work.

Biography

Young was born in

Philadelphia Press, he distinguished himself with his coverage of the First Battle of Bull Run
. By 1862 he was managing editor of the Press and another newspaper.

In 1865 he moved to

US Department of the Treasury. In 1872, he joined the New York Herald
and reported for them from Europe.

John Russell Young
Illustrated Portrait 1888

Young was invited to accompany President Ulysses S. Grant on Grant's famous 1877-1879 world tour, chronicled in Young's book Around the World with General Grant.[2][3] Young impressed Grant, especially in China where Young struck up a friendship with Li Hongzhang. Grant persuaded President Chester A. Arthur to appoint Young minister to China in 1882. In this position he distinguished himself by mediating and settling disputes between the US and China and France and China. Unlike many other diplomats, he opposed the policy of removing Korea from Chinese suzerainty.

In 1885 he resumed working for the Herald in Europe. In 1890 he returned to Philadelphia. In 1897 President

US Capitol Building to its own structure, an accomplishment largely the responsibility of his predecessor, Ainsworth Rand Spofford
. Spofford served as Chief Assistant Librarian under Young. Young held the post of librarian until his death.

He died in Washington, D.C. on January 17, 1899, and is interred at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

His brother was Congressman

James Rankin Young. His son was Brig. Gen. Gordon Russell Young, who was Engineer Commission of the District of Columbia from 1945 to 1951 and a recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit
.

See also

Works (partial list)

  • "New Life in China" The North American Review, vol. 153 (1891) pp. 420-431.
  • "The Chinese Question Again" The North American Review, vol. 154 (1892) pp. 596-602.

References

  1. ISBN 0-87287-180-0
  2. OCLC 978533796
    . Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via www.worldcat.org.
  3. ^ "Catalog Record: Around the world with General Grant". HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved August 10, 2022.

External links

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