The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



NO. 25] 1898 [JANUARY 



THE LATE MORRIS YOUNG, F.E.S. 



READERS of the " Annals " would notice with regret the 

 announcement of the death of Mr. Morris Young, which took 

 place at Paisley early in the morning of the 26th of February 

 1897. Mr. Young was born in 1821, and from his 

 very earliest boyhood exhibited qualities which marked him 

 out as a born naturalist. Undoubtedly he was the pioneer 

 in the scientific study of natural history in Paisley, if not in 

 the West of Scotland. When Mr. Young first took up the 

 study of entomology, there were not half a dozen entomologists 

 in the whole of Scotland, and books on the subject were few 

 and expensive, while the best of them were not written in 

 our language. The want of books led Mr. Young to learn 

 to draw, in order to illustrate what he meant in his corre- 

 spondence with other entomologists. In this he was more 

 than successful, for his entomological drawings were perfect 

 both in detail and colour. Books with uncoloured plates 

 which he purchased later in life he often coloured. 



As the result of an accident which he received while 

 yet a boy, Mr. Young was lame. It is said that, while still 

 unable to move far from the house, he passed his time 

 sitting at the open window with a net, capturing all the 

 insects which came within his reach. In after life this lame- 

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