An engaging and affectionate 1855 biography of the polymath Thomas Young (1773-1829), 'the last man who knew everything'.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Early education; 2. Medical education - London; 3. Medical education - Edinburgh; 4. Medical education - Göttingen; 5. Medical education - Cambridge; 6. Optical discoveries - first epoch; 7. Lectures: cohesion of fluids; 8. Marriage, medical life and works; 9. Philological essays, reviews; 10. Hierographical researches; 11. Commissions, Board of Longitude; 12. Optical discoveries - second epoch; 13. Researches on the value of life and assurance; 14. Miscellaneous memoirs; 15. Events in later life, death; Appendix A; Appendix B.