Thomas Young ( 1773 - 1829 )

Birth: Milverton, Somerset, England (13 June 1773) Death: London (10 May 1829) Burial: Farnborough, Kent Research Field: Natural philosophy Career: Made pioneering contribution to the understanding of light by demonstrating interference patterns, known as 'Young's fringes' (1800) which led to the Young-Fresnel undulatory theory.