Bicknell Young
Bicknell Young (1856-1938) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah (then known as Utah Territory), and died in Carmel, California. He was the nephew of Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church). Young studied at the National Training School for Music in London, England, and later attended the Royal College of Music. There he met Elisa Mazzucato, a teacher and musician, whom he would marry in London in 1883. They moved to Salt Lake City in 1885, where they performed and opened a music school. From 1888-1890 they lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and by 1890 had permanently relocated to Chicago, Illinois, to pursue their musical careers. That year, Young was healed by Christian Science. The Youngs joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1894. They took Primary class (1895) and Normal class (1901) taught by Edward A. Kimball, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. Young became a Christian Science teacher and was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a teacher and practitioner from 1901 until his death. From 1898-1902, he was First Reader and soloist at Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, which the Youngs also helped found. In 1902, he served as the Christian Science Committee on Publication for the state of Illinois. He was appointed to the Christian Science Board of Lectureship in 1903, serving until 1938, during which he made the first round-the-world lecture tour by a member of the lecture board. From 1909 to 1913, the Youngs lived and taught in London at the request of the Christian Science Board of Directors. Young returned briefly to the United States in 1910 to teach the Normal class in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. From 1911 to 1917, he was the lecture board's chairman. He stopped lecturing to become First Reader of The Mother Church from 1917 to 1920 and, on completion of his three-year term, became a lecturer once again. In 1937, he taught another Normal class in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist.
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Bicknell Young
Bicknell Young (1856-1938) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah (then known as Utah Territory), and died in Carmel, California. He was the nephew of Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church). Young studied at the National Training School for Music in London, England, and later attended the Royal College of Music. There he met Elisa Mazzucato, a teacher and musician, whom he would marry in London in 1883. They moved to Salt Lake City in 1885, where they performed and opened a music school. From 1888-1890 they lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and by 1890 had permanently relocated to Chicago, Illinois, to pursue their musical careers. That year, Young was healed by Christian Science. The Youngs joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1894. They took Primary class (1895) and Normal class (1901) taught by Edward A. Kimball, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. Young became a Christian Science teacher and was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a teacher and practitioner from 1901 until his death. From 1898-1902, he was First Reader and soloist at Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, which the Youngs also helped found. In 1902, he served as the Christian Science Committee on Publication for the state of Illinois. He was appointed to the Christian Science Board of Lectureship in 1903, serving until 1938, during which he made the first round-the-world lecture tour by a member of the lecture board. From 1909 to 1913, the Youngs lived and taught in London at the request of the Christian Science Board of Directors. Young returned briefly to the United States in 1910 to teach the Normal class in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. From 1911 to 1917, he was the lecture board's chairman. He stopped lecturing to become First Reader of The Mother Church from 1917 to 1920 and, on completion of his three-year term, became a lecturer once again. In 1937, he taught another Normal class in the Board of Education of The First Church of Christ, Scientist.
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