Milverton, Somerset

Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles


Thomas Young (1773-1829) was born here [1].

There is a plaque on the Young home, The Old Bank House in North Street. identifying him as "Man of science, Co-translator of the Rosetta Stone".
See THIS LINK


References (show)

  1. Ball, Walter William Rouse. A History of the Study of Mathematics at Cambridge. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1889, p.115

The Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles was created by David Singmaster.
The original site is at THIS LINK.