Thomas Young
1773 CE – 1829 CE
Thomas Young (13 June 1773 – 10 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He was instrumental in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, specifically the Rosetta Stone. Young's work influenced that of William Herschel, Hermann von Helmholtz, James Clerk Maxwell, and Albert Einstein.
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Born · 1773 CE
1822 CEChampollion Deciphers HieroglyphsThe writing systems used in ancient Egypt were deciphered in the early nineteenth century through the work of several European scholars, especially…
Died · 1829 CE
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