Allyn Abbott Young

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Allyn Abbott Young
Born	September 19, 1876 Kenton, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 7, 1929 (1929-03-08) (aged 52) London, England
Academic career
Institution	London School of Economics
Alma mater	Hiram College University of Wisconsin
Doctoral advisor	Walter F. Willcoxl Richard T. Ely
Doctoral students	Frank Knight Edward Sagendorph Mason Edward Chamberlin Nicholas Kaldor

Allyn Abbott Young (September 19, 1876 – March 7, 1929) was an American economist. He was born in Kenton, Ohio, into a middle-class family. Over his career, he served as president of the American Statistical Association in 1917 and the American Economic Association in 1925, making him one of the few individuals to lead both organizations. In 1929, Young was president of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He died in London at the age of 52 from pneumonia during an influenza epidemic.^[1]