Memoir of the life of Thomas Young M.D., F.R.S. With a catalogue of his works and essays / [By Hudson Gurney].

  • Gurney, Hudson, 1775-1864.
Date:
1831
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Credit: Memoir of the life of Thomas Young M.D., F.R.S. With a catalogue of his works and essays / [By Hudson Gurney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SfC. Sfc. The following slight Memoir of the Life of the late Dr. Young was drawn up, from some short memoranda of his own writing in the possession of a near connexion, by one who had the advan¬ tage of long and intimate acquaintance with that distinguished scholar and philosopher; but who, never having been engaged in the pursuits of accu¬ rate science, feels himself incompetent to give more than an imperfect sketch, which he trusts to see filled up hereafter by an abler hand. Dr. Thomas Young, a man eminently distin¬ guished in more departments of literature and science than any other individual of his age and country, was born at Milverton in Somersetshire, the 13th of June, 1773. He was the eldest of ten children of Mr. Thomas Young of that place, and his mother was a niece of Doctor Richard Brocklesby, a physician of eminence in the metro-