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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Young canonical | 10 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| 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 self-link ⓘ |
| 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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