What is Thomas Young?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Thomas Young |image = Thomas Young (scientist).jpg |image_size = 240px |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1773|06|13}} |birth_place = [[Milverton, Somerset]], England |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1829|05|10|1773|06|13}} |death_place = [[London]], [[England]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = |field = [[Physics]]<br> [[Physiology]]<br> [[Egyptology]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Wave theory of light]]<br>[[Young's interference experiment|Double-slit experiment]]<br>[[Astigmatism]]<br>[[Young–Helmholtz theory]]<br>[[Young temperament]]<br>[[Young's Modulus]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |prizes = |footnotes = |signature = Young Thomas signature.jpg }} '''Thomas Young''' (13 June 1773 – 10 May 1829) was an [[English people|English]] [[polymath]]. Young made important [[science|scientific]] contributions to many fields. His most famous work is on the [[light wave|wave theory]] of light. He also did good work to the fields of [[Visual perception|vision]], [[solid mechanics]], energy, [[physiology]], [[language]], [[harmony|musical harmony]], and [[Egyptology]]. Among others, [[William Herschel]], [[Hermann von Helmholtz]], [[James Clerk Maxwell]] and [[Albert Einstein]] have praised Young's work. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Thomas}} [[Category:1773 births]] [[Category:1829 deaths]] [[Category:English writers]] [[Category:English archaeologists]] [[Category:Quakers]] [[Category:British physiologists]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:English physicists]]