Morris Youdelevitz Young

Morris Youdelevitz Young (17 July 1880 – 1950), known as the "little doctor", was a British medical doctor and researcher. He is best known for working at the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and for pioneering Western medicine in south-west Persia. He also worked with Alexander Fleming at the St. Mary's Hospital in London.

Early life and education Born on 17 July 1880 at Kremenchuk, Russian Empire. He was the first son of eight children of Reuven Yudalevich (1862–1933) and Batya Weisel (1859–1930). At the age of two, he emigrated with his family from Kremenchuk, Russian Empire to Rishon Le Zion, of which his father, Reuven Yudalevich, was a founder. In 1900, he began studying medicine and surgery at the University of Glasgow.

His birth name was Moshe Youdelevitz, but he changed his name during his time at the university. During his studies, in 1903, he worked as a doctor for a railway survey party in Persia. He graduated on 17 July 1906 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. During World War II, Young worked at the Emergency Pathological Service for District Six. Young died in 1950 after resigning from St. Marys in 1949.