English polymath (1773-1829). Thomas Young was born on 13 June 1773 in what is now the United Kingdom. Thomas Young is remembered as an astronomer, physicist and anthropologist, a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Notable works include “double-slit experiment”, “Wave theory of light” and “astigmatism”.
Before and after
- 18 April 1772Birth of David Ricardo
- 21 October 1772Birth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 9 February 1773Birth of William Henry Harrison
- 15 May 1773Birth of Klemens von Metternich
- 13 June 1773Birth of Thomas Young
- from September 1773 to January 1775Pugachev's Rebellion
- 16 December 1773Boston Tea Party
- 1774Publication of The Sorrows of Young Werther
- 1774Founding of Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
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The era
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