Thomas Young was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the study of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony and Egyptology. He was instrumental in the early decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, working from the Rosetta Stone.
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RoleBritish polymath, contributed to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs 1 Connections
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Made the first real progress on the Rosetta Stone demotic and hieroglyphic scripts between 1814 and 1819, before Champollion completed the decipherment in 1822.
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1. Wikipedia: Thomas Young
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13 June 1773-10 May 1829
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13 June 1773-10 May 1829
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was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.
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13 June 1773-10 May 1829
Lead sentence, death year in parenthetical
13 June 1773-10 May 1829
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Thomas Young was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the study of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony and Egyptology.
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