Thomas Young
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Thomas Young was an English polymath and physician renowned for his pioneering work in optics, particularly the wave theory of light and the famous double-slit experiment.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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optics researcher → physician → physicist → polymath → |
| burialPlace | St Giles-in-the-Fields, London → |
| contributedTo |
development of wave theory of light
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theory of elasticity → theory of tides → understanding of interference of light → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain → |
| dateOfBirth | 1773-06-13 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1829-05-10 → |
| educatedAt |
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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surface form: "Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge"
Hunterian School of Medicine → University of Edinburgh → University of Göttingen → |
| ethnicGroup | English → |
| fieldOfWork |
Egyptology
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linguistics → mechanics → medicine → optics → physics → physiology → |
| influenced |
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
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James Clerk Maxwell → |
| knownFor |
Young's modulus
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contributions to decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs → double-slit experiment → research on vision and accommodation of the eye → wave theory explanation of interference → wave theory of light → work on elasticity of solids → work on the Rosetta Stone → |
| languageSkills | knew multiple classical and modern languages → |
| memberOf | Royal Society → |
| name | Thomas Young → |
| notableWork |
Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts
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surface form: "A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts"
An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours → Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts → |
| placeOfBirth | Milverton, Somerset, England → |
| placeOfDeath | London, England → |
| positionHeld |
Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society
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Secretary of the Board of Longitude → physician at St George's Hospital, London → |
| religion |
Religious Society of Friends
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surface form: "Quaker"
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| theory | trichromatic theory of colour vision → |
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