Definition of Thomas Young

1. Noun. British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829).

Exact synonyms: Young
Generic synonyms: Egyptologist, Physicist

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Literary usage of Thomas Young

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"... oor illustrious countryman, the late Dr. Thomas Young, hid established a principle in optics which, regarded ua physical law, has hardly its equal, ..."

2. Literary Culture in Early New England, 1620-1730 by Thomas Goddard Wright, Mabel Hyde (Kingsbury) Wright, Augustus Ralli, Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson (1916)
"Cultural Influences Thomas Young, the Tutor MILTON, J. Familiar letters, 1 and 4. ... LAING, D. Biographical notices of Thomas Young. Edinburgh, 1870. ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1815)
"By Thomas Young, MD For. Sec. RS From the Philosophical Transactions. 1814. - • -r NAVA L architecture, as an art, can hardly be said to have existed among ..."

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