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.
Found in 333 Collections and/or Records:
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Improvements in the Nautical Almanac, 1819 - 1826
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/22: 3-28
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1819 - 1826
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 and account of tools and equipment ordered from Messrs. Holtzapffel and Deyerlein, 1821-04-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 175-177
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.
Dates:
1821-04-02
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 and drawing concerning a 'calitsa', 1819-02-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 90-92
Scope and Contents
Couch's proposed 'calitsa' was a vessel for conveying seamen or troops safely from ship to shore through surf.
Dates:
1819-02-07
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 and drawing concerning a surf boat, 1819-01-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 87-89
Scope and Contents
Sent to Dr Thomas Young.
Dates:
1819-01-22
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 and printed paper on finding the longitude by an altitude of the moon, 1823-01-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 314-315
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Hedgcock to Dr Thomas Young.
Dates:
1823-01-06
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
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Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
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Letter and treatise from James Fosbury, 1819-05-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 138-144
Scope and Contents
Letter from Fosbury to Thomas Young enclosing a treatise on the magnet.
Dates:
1819-05-06
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 and treatise on finding longitude by James Fosbury, 1819-04-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 130-137
Scope and Contents
Letter from Fosbury to Thomas Young enclosing a treatise on longitude from his forthcoming work on 'the inconsistency of the Newtonian System of Philosophical Astronomy'.
Dates:
1819-04-27
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 concerning chronometers for the experiments of Whewell and Airy in Cornwall, 1826-05-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 336
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1826-05-11
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 concerning the inability of Peter Lecount to serve during Captain Parry's Arctic expedition, 1821-03-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 258-260
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young.
Dates:
1821-03-21
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 A. Robertson and S.P. Rigaud to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-04-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 74
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.
Dates:
1823-04-22
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 Alexander Sim to Dr Thomas Young, 1825
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 480-480a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Letter and examples of his proposed method.
Dates:
1825
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 Andrew Templeton to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-03-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 205-205a
Scope and Contents
Acknowledging receipt of a Navy Bill for £300 for the telescope.
Dates:
1827-03-20
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 Andrew Templeton to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 203-203a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters from Andrew Templeton of the Glasgow Astronomical Society.
Dates:
1822-06-14
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 Andrew Templeton to Dr Thomas Young, 1826-03-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 204
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters from Andrew Templeton of the Glasgow Astronomical Society.
Dates:
1826-03-10
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 Archimedes George Chambers on an instrument for finding longitude, 1823
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 422-423a
Scope and Contents
Sent to Dr Thomas Young.
Dates:
1823
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 Benjamin A. Austin to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-04-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 283-284
Scope and Contents
On finding longitude by an observation of the sun on the meridian, referenced with a timekeeper.
Dates:
1821-04-02
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 Bingham Richards to Dr Thomas Young, 1826-08-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 133-133a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1826-08-04
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 bookseller Mr Storey offering to sell Maskelyne's Greenwich observations, 1825-01-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 17-18a
Scope and Contents
Sent to Dr Thomas Young.
Dates:
1825-01-28
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 C. Ellis to Dr Thomas Young, 1783 - 1823
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 58-58a
Scope and Contents
Marked 'June 10'.
Dates:
1783 - 1823
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 Caleb Hiller to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-02-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 355-355a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters, a proposal and a memorial.
Dates:
1819-02-12
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
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Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
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Letter from Caleb Hiller to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 356
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters, a proposal and a memorial.
Dates:
1819-03-31
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
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Letter from Caleb Hiller to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 357
Scope and Contents
Enclosing a plan for his 'mariner's theodolite' and related papers; see [RGO 14/38: 358-359] and [RGO 14/38: 360-361].
Dates:
1819-03-31
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
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Letter from Captain Heywood to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-02-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 219-219a
Scope and Contents
Concerning the retirement of astronomer Carl Rumker from the Parramatta Observatory, and seeking the approbation of the Board of Longitude in the hope of reinstating him.
Dates:
1823-02-07
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 C.G. Briscoe to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-06-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 349
Scope and Contents
Written on behalf of Sir Joseph Banks and concerning a chronometer by Thomas Cumming.
Dates:
1820-06-10
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 Charles Barton to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-08-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 304
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
An essay on his proposed method, with three related letters.
Dates:
1823-08-21
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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