wave theory of light

English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)

Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)

he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision