Young, Thomas, 1773-1829 (physician, physicist and egyptologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1773 - 1829
Biography
Thomas Young was born in Milverton, Somerset, 13 June 1773. He studied medicine at London and Edinburgh, 1792-4, and physics at Göttingen, 1795-7. He was a fellow commoner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1797-9. He practised as a physician in London and conducted research into the eye, identifying the cause of astigmatism and publishing a three colour theory of perception. He was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution, 1801-3, and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, 1802-29. He carried out experiments on the diffraction of light and established a principle of interference that supported a wave rather than a corpuscular theory of light. He also worked on surface tension, elasticity and a scientific definition of energy. He married Eliza Maxwell, 1804. He retired from medical practice, 1814, and devoted himself to his research. He became interested in Egyptology and worked on deciphering the Rosetta Stone. He founded an Egyptian Society to publish hieroglyphic inscriptions, 1819, and later turned to the study of Demotic, 1827. He died in London, 10 May 1829.
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Letter from Thomas Henderson to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-01-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 414-415
Scope and Contents
About forwarding a paper on occultations and longitude.
Dates:
1824-01-28
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Letter from Thomas Jones to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-04-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 180
Scope and Contents
Concerning the price of a six-foot mural circle (seven hundred and fifty guineas) and the time required to make it (about two years).
Dates:
1820-04-10
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Letter from Thomas Jones to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-05-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 181-181a
Scope and Contents
Concerning his progress on the six-foot mural circle for the Cape Observatory and requesting £200 for his work.
Dates:
1820-05-30
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Thomas Jones to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-01-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 182
Scope and Contents
Concerning his progress on the six-foot mural circle for the Cape Observatory (which was half made) and requesting £200 for his work.
Dates:
1821-01-24
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Letter from Thomas Jones to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-01-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 183-183a
Scope and Contents
Informing him that the six-foot mural circle for the Cape Observatory was complete and requesting payment.
Dates:
1825-01-28
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Letter from Thomas Jones to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 184
Scope and Contents
Enquiring whether the changes he had made to the Greenwich mural circle should also be made to that for the Cape Observatory, and also enquiring about making spare pieces or parts.
Dates:
1825-05
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From the Management Group:
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Letter from Thomas Lynn and Thomas Yarrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1826-09-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 446-447a
Scope and Contents
On finding the longitude by altitudes of celestial objects.
Dates:
1826-09-29
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Thomas Phipps to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-11-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 474
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Twenty letters, a plan and one report, sent by various correspondents.
Dates:
1824-11-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Thomas Taylor to Dr Thomas Young, 1818-09-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 30-31
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.
Dates:
1818-09-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Thomas Turton to [Dr Thomas Young], 1823-04-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 73
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.
Dates:
1823-04-19
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Thomas Turton to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-05-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 79-80
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.
Dates:
1823-05-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from W. North to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-02-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 138-139
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and a set of tables.
Dates:
1819-02-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from W. Waldron to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-04-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 269-270
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters on finding longitude by an 'astral timekeeper' and star tables. For related letters from Waldron, see also [RGO 14/40: 487-493].
Dates:
1819-04-08
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from William Barnes to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 34-35
Scope and Contents
Concerning a model of his instrument and his previous correspondence with John Pond.
Dates:
1823-10-03
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from William Barnes to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-11-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 37-39
Scope and Contents
Preceded by an example of the use of his instrument to find the latitude by time and a single altitude of the sun.
Dates:
1823-11-05
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Letter from William Cragg to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-08-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 65-66
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing papers on finding longitude.
Dates:
1820-08-12
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from William Cragg to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-09-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 67-69
Scope and Contents
Outlining his proposals for finding longitude and enclosing a chart.
Note: folios 67-69 were originally bound in the wrong order and should be read 69, 67-68.
Dates:
1821-09-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Cragg to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-05-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 72-72a
Scope and Contents
Proposing the use of a mechanical apparatus which could be 'affixed' to a ship to measure its progress, with the distance travelled then used to determine longitude.
Dates:
1828-05-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Garrard to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-08-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 382-382a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and a paper sent from William Garrard, a schoolmaster at the Royal Naval Asylum and former assistant to Dr Maskelyne, with a related note from John Croker.
Dates:
1820-08-26
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Garrard to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-09-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 385-386
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing the letter at [RGO 14/35: 383-384] and paper at [RGO 14/35: 387-395].
Dates:
1820-09-09
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from William Garrard to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-09-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 396-397
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and a paper sent from William Garrard, a schoolmaster at the Royal Naval Asylum and former assistant to Dr Maskelyne, with a related note from John Croker.
Dates:
1820-09-13
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Garrard to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-11-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 398-399
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and a paper sent from William Garrard, a schoolmaster at the Royal Naval Asylum and former assistant to Dr Maskelyne, with a related note from John Croker.
Dates:
1820-11-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from William Hardy to Dr Thomas Young, 1818-07-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 244
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and an account of the rates of Hardy's clock.
Dates:
1818-07-29
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from William J. Titford to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-10-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 289
Scope and Contents
Enclosing explanations of his longitude chart; see [RGO 14/38: 290].
Dates:
1819-10-29
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Letter from William Lester to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-01-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 347
Scope and Contents
Outlining his planned solar experiments for finding longitude. As his experiments involved 'igniting' points on a globe of the earth using a lens, the letter has been marked 'burning a globe' by the Board.
Dates:
1821-01-09
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