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

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).

Unique Identifier AR913440

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3025px × 3454px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Ann Ronan Pictures

Black and white

eighteenth century

NINETEENTH CENTURY

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