Thomas Young

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Emmanuel_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:author gptkb:A_Course_of_Lectures_on_Natural_Philosophy_and_the_Mechanical_Arts
gptkb:An_Account_of_Some_Recent_Discoveries_in_Hieroglyphical_Literature_and_Egyptian_Antiquities
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Bakerian_Lecture
gptkbp:birthDate 1773-06-13
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Encyclopaedia_Britannica
gptkbp:deathDate 1829-05-10
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Young's_interference_experiment
gptkb:Young's_modulus
gptkb:Young–Helmholtz_theory_of_color_vision
gptkb:Young–Laplace_equation
gptkbp:field gptkb:medicine
gptkb:optics
gptkb:Egyptology
linguistics
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Young
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:Augustin-Jean_Fresnel
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Christiaan_Huygens
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
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gptkb:double-slit_experiment
gptkb:wave_theory_of_light
contributions to decipherment of the Rosetta Stone
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Latin
English
several other languages
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent none
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
gptkb:physician
gptkb:physicist
polymath
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Milverton,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:religion Quaker (early life)
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:signature Thomas Young signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eliza_Maxwell
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
gptkb:Sons_of_Liberty
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4