Originally published in 1954, this biography was the result of many
years' labour by its author, Alexander Wood. At the time of Dr
Wood's death, he had completed the first ten chapters and left
notes for the remaining two, which were finished by Frank Oldham.
The volume traces the life of the famous English natural
philosopher Thomas Young (1773 1829) from his precocious childhood
through his later career as a physician and his accomplishments in
the study of optics and languages. As Mr Oldham notes in the
preface, 'Young forms a fascinating subject in the field of
biography, not only from his amazing scientific record and his wide
classical learning combined with his remarkable depth of knowledge
in philosophy, but also as a humanist working disinterestedly in
the cause of truth.' The book is richly illustrated and contains a
memoir of the late author by his acquaintance Professor Charles E.
Raven.
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