John Dragon Young [SEP] place of death
John Dragon Young
John Dragon Young (1949–1996) was a scholar of Chinese history and Hong Kong politician.
Early life and education.
Young was born in Beijing to an academic family whose members have included Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang. After the Communists took over Beijing his family fled to Hong Kong where he received his primary and secondary education. He then went to the United States for his tertiary education, earning his B.A. at California State University at Hayward.
He earned his Ph.D at University of
bright young men sit with their grandmother; while in another painting by their father entitled "The Brothers H.V.C. and J.M.C., Sandisdyke," two handsome and promising young men with their three dogs look up to the viewer. Heartbroken, the artist painted a posthumous portrait of John that was exhibited in the spring of 1917 alongside "Sunset: Cumberland, 28 Sep 1916".
Death and assessment.
The shock of the loss of his two sons on the Western Front was too much to bear and on 10 November 1917