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Thomas Young

English polymath (1773-1829)

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Thomas Young was an English scientist and scholar of the late 1700s and early 1800s who made important contributions across multiple fields, including physics, medicine, and linguistics. He is particularly remembered for his work on light and color, and for helping to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics, making him one of history's most versatile intellectual figures.

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Born: 1773-06-13
Died: 1829-05-10

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Country: CA
Active from: 1945-11-12

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Thomas Young (13 June 1773 – 10 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He was instrumental in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, specifically the Rosetta Stone.

Young's work influenced that of William Herschel, Hermann von Helmholtz, James Clerk Maxwell, and Albert Einstein. Young is credited with establishing Christiaan Huygens' wave theory of light, in contrast to the corpuscular theory of Isaac Newton. Young's work was subsequently supported by the work of Augustin-Jean Fresnel.