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File:Thomas Young (scientist).jpg

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English: Stipple engraving of Thomas Young (1773–1829), British scientist
Date before 1830; Mid-nineteenth century engraving, from an earlier portrait.
Source National Portrait Gallery, London, also on gutenberg.org
Author Henry Adlard, after Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830)
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