Davy, Sir Humphry, baronet (1778–1829), chemist and inventor

by David Knight

  • Childhood, education, and apprenticeship
  • Bristol: laughing gas
  • The Royal Institution: useful knowledge
  • Reconstructing chemistry: potassium and chlorine
  • Marriage, France, and the safety lamp
  • President of the Royal Society
  • Last years: contemplating death's shadow

References

See also

Themes

  • Royal Society
  • Geological Society of London
  • Holders of the Copley medal
  • Royal Institution of Great Britain

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • Electronic Enlightenment
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives

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