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Thomas Young, English physician, physicist and Egyptologist, 1881. Artist: Anon

Thomas Young, English physician, physicist and Egyptologist, 1881. Artist: Anon

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Thomas Young, English physician, physicist and Egyptologist, 1881. Born at Milverton in Somerset, Young (1773-1829) revived the wave (undulatory) theory of light and identified the optical phenomenon of interference. His work on ancient languages played an important role in deciphering the Rosetta Stone. From A Popular History of Science by Robert Routledge. (London, 1881).

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  1. Anon, attributed to: :
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  1. Thomas Young: British: egyptologist, physicist
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  1. Wood engraving
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  1. Portrait
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