The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Young, Frederick George

YOUNG, Frederick George, American educator: b. Burnett, Wis., 3 June 1858. He was graduated at Johns Hopkins University in 1886; was vice-principal of the State Normal School, in Madison, S. Dak., 1887-90; principal of the Portland High School, Ore., 1890-94; president of Albany College, Ore., 1894-95; and was appointed professor of economics and history in the University of Oregon in the year last named. Since 1908 he has been secretary of the Oregon Conservation Commission. He edited &lsquo;Sources of the History of Oregon,&rsquo; and is editor of the 'Quarterly Journal of the Oregon Historical Society.' Author of &lsquo;Exploration Northward&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;The Lewis and Clark Expedition in American History&rsquo; (1901); &lsquo;Procedure for Tax Reform in Oregon&rsquo; (1909), etc.