Life of Thomas Young M.D., F.R.S., etc. And One of the Eight Foreign Associates of the National Institute of France
Admired long after his death by the likes of Lord Rayleigh and Einstein, Thomas Young (1773–1829) was the definition of a polymath. By the age of fourteen he was proficient in thirteen languages, including Greek, Hebrew and Persian. After studies in Edinburgh, London, Göttingen and Cambridge he esta...
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