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This page is a text dump of Camden Notables data for surnames beginning with the letter Y, created to facilitate search engine indexing. Human visitors will find the map or database viewer a more useful way to view the information. Please go to the Camden Notables home page for further information.
| Name: | Yale, Elihu (1649-1721) |
| Brief: | Colonial administrator, merchant and philanthropist, President of the British East India Company, primary benefactor of the predecessor of Yale University |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1721 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Yat-sen, Sun (1866-1925) |
| Brief: | Chinese statesman, physician, and political philosopher |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Warwick Court / Gray's Inn Place |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Gray's Inn Place |
| Resident: | 1896 |
| Notes: | Commemorative plaque nearby, demolished |
| Name: | Yates [née Brunton], Elizabeth (1799-1860) |
| Brief: | Actress, singer and dancer who appeared at Covent Garden and Drury Lane |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Highgate Road |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Lower Craven Place |
| Resident: | 1860 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Yates [née Brunton], Elizabeth (1799-1860) |
| Brief: | Actress, singer and dancer who appeared at Covent Garden and Drury Lane |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1855-1859 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yates, Edmund Hodgson (1831-1894) |
| Brief: | Journalist, novelist and dramatist "typical flâneur in the literary world of the period" |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1854-1860 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yates, Frederick Dewhurst (1884-1932) |
| Brief: | Journalist and chess master who won the British Chess Championship on six occasions |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Coram Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1932 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Yates, Frederick Henry (1797-1842) |
| Brief: | Actor and theatre manager "he was full of tact and resource, but was extremely irritable" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Mornington Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Mornington Crescent |
| Resident: | 1842 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yates, James (1789-1871) |
| Brief: | Unitarian minister, scholar and antiquary, one of the largest contributors to the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1842) |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1850-1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yates, James (1789-1871) |
| Brief: | Unitarian minister, scholar and antiquary, one of the largest contributors to the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1842) |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 49 Bedford Way |
| Contemp. address: | 49 Upper Bedford Place |
| Resident: | 1837-1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Yeats, John Butler [Jack] (1871-1957) |
| Brief: | Artist who painted more than 1100 works in oil. A revered figure in Ireland, political leaders including Eamon de Valera turned out for his funeral |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1873 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yeats, Susan Mary [Lily] (1866-1949) |
| Brief: | Embroiderer associated with the Celtic Revival who worked for Morris & Co. |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) |
| Brief: | Poet considered one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre and served as a Senator of the Irish Free State |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Woburn Walk |
| Contemp. address: | 18 Woburn Buildings |
| Resident: | 1895-1919 |
| Notes: | Plaque |
| Name: | Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) |
| Brief: | Poet considered one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre and served as a Senator of the Irish Free State |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1867-1873 |
| Notes: | LCC blue plaque |
| Name: | Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) |
| Brief: | Poet considered one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre and served as a Senator of the Irish Free State |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Berkeley Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1887 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yeo-Thomas, Forest Frederic Edward (1902-1964) |
| Brief: | Special operations officer, one of the most highly decorated agents in WW2, known by the Gestapo as 'The White Rabbit' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Queen Court, 24-28 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1945-1946 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Yorke, Charles (1722-1770) |
| Brief: | Judge who served as as Solicitor-General and Attorney-General and committed suicide only three days after being appointed Lord Chancellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | Powis House |
| Resident: | 1737-1764 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Yorke, Charles (1722-1770) |
| Brief: | Judge who served as as Solicitor-General and Attorney-General and committed suicide only three days after being appointed Lord Chancellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | ~12 The Grove |
| Contemp. address: | Grove House |
| Resident: | 1762-1770 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Yorke, Philip, first earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764) |
| Brief: | Lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | Powis House |
| Resident: | 1737-1764 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Youatt, William (1776-1847) |
| Brief: | Veterinary surgeon who edited 'The Veterinarian' and wrote a series of handbooks on the breeds, management, and diseases of the different animals of the farm |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 436 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Osnaburgh Place |
| Resident: | 1841-1847 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Youatt, William (1776-1847) |
| Brief: | Veterinary surgeon who edited 'The Veterinarian' and wrote a series of handbooks on the breeds, management, and diseases of the different animals of the farm |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | ~166 Arlington Road |
| Contemp. address: | 46 Grove Street |
| Resident: | 1838 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Young [née Cohen], Aida (1920-2007) |
| Brief: | Film producer for MGM, EMI and Hammer (Associate producer for 'She' and 'One Million Years BC) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Osprey Court, FInchley Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2003-2007 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Young, John (1755-1825) |
| Brief: | Mezzotint engraver to the prince of Wales and keeper of the British Institution |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 81 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 65 Upper Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1805-1825 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Young, John (1755-1825) |
| Brief: | Mezzotint engraver to the prince of Wales and keeper of the British Institution |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 95 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 58 Upper Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1794-1802 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Young, John Zachary (1907-1997) |
| Brief: | Zoologist who studied the nervous system and was an inspiring teacher - over sixty of his former pupils and staff became professors and directors of departments around the world |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Park Village East |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1951-1957 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Young, John Zachary (1907-1997) |
| Brief: | Zoologist who studied the nervous system and was an inspiring teacher - over sixty of his former pupils and staff became professors and directors of departments around the world |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 166 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1966-1980 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Yudkin, John (1910-1995) |
| Brief: | Nutritionist, author of 'Pure, White and Deadly' |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Holly Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1956-1985 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
This page is a text dump of Camden Notables data for surnames beginning with the letter Y, created to facilitate search engine indexing. Human visitors will find the map or database viewer a more useful way to view the information. Please go to the Camden Notables home page for further information.