Young set up practice as a physician in London and a few years later was appointed physician at St. In , he had been appointed to a professorship of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution, where he delivered as many as 60 lectures a year.
His opinion was requested by civic and national authorities on matters such as the introduction of gaslighting to London streets and methods of ship construction. From , he was superintendent of the Nautical Almanac and secretary to the Board of Longitude. Between and , he contributed many entries to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and throughout his career, he authored numerous other essays, papers, and books. Young is a perfect subject for a biography- perfect, but daunting.
Few men contributed so much to so many technical fields. Yet despite the rich material presented in this book, readers will not end up knowing Young personally. We catch glimpses of a playful Young, doodling Greek and Latin phrases in his notes on medical lectures and translating the verses that a young lady had written on the walls of a summerhouse into Greek elegiacs.
Young was introduced into elite society, attended the theatre, and learned to dance and play the flute. In addition, he was an accomplished horseman. However, his personal life looks pale next to his vibrant career and studies. Almost all we know about her is that she sustained her husband through some rancorous disputes about optics and that she worried about money when his medical career was slow to take off. How many life stories did Thomas Young write for the Encyclopaedia Britannica?
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