Francis Brett Young

Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 - 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer.Brett Young was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire. He schooled first at a private school in Sutton Coldfield. His father was a doctor and his mother also came from a medical family, so it was natural that Brett Young go to the school for the sons of doctors, Epsom College.He started medical practice on the steamship S.S. Kintuck, on a long voyage to the Far East. He returned with the money...See more

Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 - 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer.Brett Young was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire. He schooled first at a private school in Sutton Coldfield. His father was a doctor and his mother also came from a medical family, so it was natural that Brett Young go to the school for the sons of doctors, Epsom College.He started medical practice on the steamship S.S. Kintuck, on a long voyage to the Far East. He returned with the money to purchase his own medical practice at Cleveland House, Brixham, Devon, in 1907. See less