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 7
Sir Humphry Davy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fellow of the Royal Society
chemist
human
inventor
scientist
awardReceived Baronetcy
Copley Medal
surface form: Royal Society 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 Humphry Davy
this entity surface form: Sir Humphry Davy