Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy was a pioneering early 19th-century British chemist best known for discovering several alkali and alkaline earth metals and for inventing the Davy safety lamp for miners.

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Humphry Davy canonical 18
Sir Humphry Davy 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
awardReceived Baronetcy ⓘ
Royal Society Copley Medal ⓘ
linked to: Copley Medal
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1778-12-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1829-05-29 ⓘ
discovered barium ⓘ
boron ⓘ
calcium ⓘ
magnesium ⓘ
nitrous oxide's anesthetic properties ⓘ
potassium ⓘ
sodium ⓘ
strontium ⓘ
educatedAt Penzance grammar school ⓘ
employer Royal Institution ⓘ
familyName Davy ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
electrochemistry ⓘ
electrolysis ⓘ
gas chemistry ⓘ
givenName Humphry ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
invented Davy lamp ⓘ
miners' safety lamp ⓘ
knownFor Davy lamp ⓘ
discovering alkali metals ⓘ
discovering alkaline earth metals ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork Davy lamp ⓘ
occupation chemist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
Penzance ⓘ
placeOfDeath Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Royal Institution ⓘ
President of the Royal Society ⓘ
Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Davy Medal → namedAfter → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Thomas Beddoes → hasStudent → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Thomas Beddoes → collaboratedWith → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Volta Prize → notableRecipient → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Royal Institution → notableMember → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Corpus Christi College, Oxford → hasAlumnus → Sir Humphry Davy ⓘ
linked to: Humphry Davy
Royal Institution → notableScientist → Humphry Davy ⓘ
subject linked to: RI
William Thomas Brande → influencedBy → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Lake Poets circle → hasMember → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Davy lamp → inventor → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Davy lamp → namedAfter → Humphry Davy ⓘ
Penzance Grammar School → educated → Humphry Davy ⓘ
subject linked to: Penzance grammar school
Penzance Grammar School → notableAlumnus → Humphry Davy ⓘ
subject linked to: Penzance grammar school
Penzance Grammar School → notableAlumnus → Sir Humphry Davy ⓘ
subject linked to: Penzance grammar school
linked to: Humphry Davy
Albemarle Street → associatedWith → Humphry Davy ⓘ