Ian Robert Young

Ian Robert Young (11 January 1932 – 27 September 2019) was a British medical physicist, known for his work in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Life He was educated at Sedbergh School and later studied physics at Aberdeen University, then worked for EMI from 1976 to 1981, then for GEC from 1981 to 1982, when he became Chief Scientist of the NMR division of Picker International upon its creation.

He became visiting professor of radiology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in 1986. and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989. In 1990 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, He holds over 40 patents and has authored over 100 papers on MRI.

He died on 27 September 2019 at the age of 87.