That sounds like a reference to Thomas Young.... there was a biography of him titled "The Last Man That Knew Everything". And while the title is a bit of an exaggeration, he was a polymath of such talent and impact on science that if anyone is deserving of the title, it would probably be him.
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No, it wasn't him. Googling of course brought up that book, but he is at least a century too late to be who I was trying to remember, I think.