Thomas Young

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1. When was Thomas Young born?June 13, 1773, Milverton, Somerset, England
2. When did Thomas Young die?May 20, 1829, London, England
3. What is the education?University of Edinburgh (Medical Degree), extensive self-study in classical languages and mathematics
4. What did Thomas Young study when he was a child?Thomas Young could read and write when he was just two years old, and by the time he was fourteen he was learning classical languages and mathematics.
5. How did Thomas Young help us understand Egyptian hieroglyphs?He discovered that some hieroglyphs were phonetic, not just pictures, and he correctly read the names of Ptolemy and Cleopatra from the Rosetta Stone.

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