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Robert Young (born 1974 or 1975)[1] is a gerontology researcher frequently cited by the news media as an authority on age verification.[2][3][4][5][6] He is the Senior Claims Investigator for the Gerontology Research Group[7][8] and also the senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World Records.[9][10] Young is a graduate research assistant at Georgia State University[11] and previously worked for the U.S. Census Bureau.[12][8] Young searches for census reports, baptismal records, and other documentation to verify age claims and has met with Bettie Wilson, Susie Gibson, Moses Hardy[1] Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan[13] and other supercentenarians. The Gerontology Research Group lists dozens of supercentenarian cases which Young has verified.[14] Young attends supercentenarians' birthday parties where he is warmly welcomed.[15]
Carl Bialik of The Wall Street Journal wrote that Young's "work and that of other researchers' has helped to create a new branch of demography: Statistics about the world's best agers.[16]
Jerry Friedman credits Young with making his book, "Earth's Elders: The Wisdom of the World's Oldest People", possible by helping to find, document, and make contact with the elders covered in the book.[17][1]
Young also lectures on age research[18] and is a founding member of the Supercentenarian Research Foundation.[19] He attended Georgia State University.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d White, Gayle (2006-02-08). "Supercentenarians giving researchers clues on longevity". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- ^ "Moses Hardy, 113; last known of Black U.S. veterans of WWI". The Associated Press. The Arizona Republic. 2006-12-09.
- ^ "Longevity gene keeps mind sharp". BBC. 2006-12-26. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ Gary Rotstein (2003-11-23). "'Oldest' title no big deal to Ohio woman, 114". Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "World's oldest person dies at 116". 2006-12-11. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "World's oldest woman dies at 116". BBC. 2006-08-28.
- ^ "Centenarians". Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ a b Zaslow, Jeffrey (2005-02-28). "Gerontology sleuths search for 'supercentenarians'". Wall Street Journal. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ Tom Leonard (2007-01-30). "Shortest ever reign for world's oldest person". Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "World's oldest person, Maria Esther de Capovilla, dead at 116". 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "Administration & Staff". Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ Marsha King (2004-12-28). "Shoreline woman turns 111 today". The Seattle Times.
- ^ Myrna Oliver (2004-06-01). "World's oldest person, 114, dies in Puerto Rico". The Seattle Times.
- ^ "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- as of May 26, 2006".
- ^ Malcolm, Andrew H. (2005-06-25). "Hitting the Big Eleven-O". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- ^ Bialik, Carl (2010-07-24). "Scientists Seek to Tabulate Mysteries of the Aged". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- ^ Michael Kunzelman (2006-01-01). "The Oldest Ones in the Book". The Associated Press. The Washington Post.
- ^ Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. "6th International Workshop on Supercentenarians" (PDF).
- ^ "Supercentenarian Research Foundation". Retrieved 2007-11-17.
External links
The Gerontology Research Group
[[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1970s births]] [[Category:Gerontologists]]