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Thomas Young
b. 13 June 1773, Milverton, Somersetshire
d. 10 May 1829, Kent


Young was trained as a physician. His interests took him to the study of optics, hieroglyphics and assurance. His biography, Life of Thomas Young, was written by George Peacock in 1855. A list of his publications may be found in Hudson Gurney's Memoir of the life of Thomas Young (1831)  Young's works (but not all) are collected into three volumes published in 1855. Volume I, volume II and volume III.