Emily Young

Emily Young (born 1951) is a British sculptor. She is considered one of the foremost sculptors working in Britain today and has been called "the country’s finest female stone sculptor". She was born in London into a family of artists and writers. Her grandmother, Kathleen Scott, was a pupil of Auguste Rodin, and widow of the polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who subsequently married Emily's paternal grandfather, the politician and writer Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet. Her father, Wayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, was also a politician and writer. Her uncle was the famous ornithologist, conservationist and painter, Sir Peter Scott. Her mother is the writer and commentator Elizabeth Young.