| Robert Young | |
| Birth Date: | c.1700 |
| Birth Place: | Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Death Date: | 1743 |
| Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Occupation: | Medicine |
| Profession: | Physician |
Robert Young (1700s–1743) was a Scottish doctor of medicine, who was employed by the South Sea Company in Buenos Aires.[1]
Young was born in Scotland, the son of Alexander Young and Margaret Bucanan. He was graduated in medicine in Spain,[2] and arrived at the port of Buenos Aires aboard a ship belonging to the South Sea Company, company that had its facilities in the area of Retiro.[3]
After leaving the Royal English Company, he was hired by the Viceregal Authorities who assigned them to serve in the Fort of Buenos Aires.[4] Young who professed the Protestant religion converted to Catholicism in 1737.[5]
In Buenos Aires, Roberto Young had exercised the profession of surgeon with Robert Fontaine and Robert Espren, known as the three "Robert".[6] He had the first Brewery installed in the city. The company used slaves for packaging of the beer. This action earned him a fine imposed by the Governor of Buenos Aires against Robert Young.[7]
Robert Young died in 1743 and bequeathed all his property to the Jesuits of Buenos Aires.[8]