Professor Douglas Young (June 5, 1913 – October 23, 1973) was a Scottish poet, scholar, and translator. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Scholarly method &mdash or as it is more commonly called scholarship &mdash is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation He was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1942 to 1945. The Scottish National Party (SNP (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie is a Centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish

Young was born in Tayport, Fife. Tayport is located in Fife, Scotland. Te oportet alte ferri (motto of the Burgh of Tayport - "It is encumbent on you to carry yourself high Fife ( Gaelic: Fìobha) is a Council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland His father was employed in India by a Dundee jute firm, but insisted that his pregnant wife return home to give birth to their son in Scotland. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council Jute is a long soft shiny Vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse strong threads Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. However, shortly after his birth in Fife, the infant Douglas Young was taken to India with his mother, where he spent the early part of his childhood, before the family returned to Scotland.

From the age of eight Young attended Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, where he developed a deep interest in history and the classics. Merchiston Castle School is a private boarding school located in the village of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. "Classical literature" redirects here For literature in Classical languages outside the Graeco-Roman sphere see Ancient literature. He later studied at the University of St Andrews and New College, Oxford, before being appointed as Professor of Greek at the University of Aberdeen in 1938. The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The University of Aberdeen is an Ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. He later taught at the universities of Dundee and St Andrews. The University of Dundee ( Gaelic: Oilthigh Dùn Deagh) is the older and arguably much more stuck-up and snobby of the two Universities in the city

In 1938, Douglas Young joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) and served as leader 1942 to 1945. Christian Kopff wrote an article called "A Free-Minded Scot" which is a biography of Douglas Young focusing on his efforts to test the Act Of Unions right to force Scots to serve in the British Military outside of the British Isles. The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed during 1706 and 1707 by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland to put into Young's efforts were portrayed them as efforts to undermine the British war effort against the Nazis. Kopff portrays Young as a hero for his efforts (Kopff, 1995).

Young was first imprisoned for refusing to be conscripted during the "Hitler War". Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority Of his first prison term, served in Saughton, Douglas Young wrote:

"On weekdays I used to work about the grounds in what was called 'the garden party' and on Sundays I played a wheezy old harmonium for the Presbyterian services in the chapel". Saughton ( Sauchton in Scots) is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering on Sighthill, Longstone, and

Dr. Robert McIntyre, secretary of the National Party, organised a procession complete with bagpipes to serenade Young on Sundays at the prison-gates.

Shortly after his release from prison, Young stood as the SNP candidate in the Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election in February 1944. His election agent was Arthur Donaldson and the campaign owed much to the input of Dr. Arthur Donaldson (13 December 1901 &ndash 18 January 1993 was a Scottish politician and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP from 1960 to 1969 Robert McIntyre. Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre ( 15 December 1913 &ndash 2 February 1998) was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP from 1947-1956 In a three-way contest, Douglas Young polled 6,621 votes 42% of the poll, securing a strong second place to the successful Labour Coalition candidate Thomas Hubbard. Thomas Frederick Hubbard (October 1898 &ndash 7 January, 1961) was a British coal miner and politician Dr. McIntyre was to be more successful in the next Scottish by-election contested by the National Party when he became the first ever SNP Westminster MP in the April 1945 by-election in Motherwell and Wishaw.

Later in life, Young moved to the United States, becoming Professor of Greek at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research He died there in 1973.

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