Henry Cavendish

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Fellow of the Royal Society chemist human natural philosopher physicist

Henry Cavendish was an 18th-century British natural philosopher and chemist best known for discovering hydrogen and precisely measuring the density of the Earth.

Aliases (1)

Cavendish experiment ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fellow of the Royal Society → chemist → human → natural philosopher → physicist →
birthDate	1731-10-10 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of Sardinia → Nice →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
deathDate	1810-02-24 →
deathPlace	London → United Kingdom →
discovered	hydrogen → inflammable air (hydrogen) →
educatedAt	Peterhouse, Cambridge → University of Cambridge →
employer	Royal Society →
era	18th century → 19th century →
familyName	Cavendish →
father	Lord Charles Cavendish →
fieldOfWork	chemistry → natural philosophy → physics →
givenName	Henry →
influenced	James Clerk Maxwell → Lord Kelvin → Michael Faraday →
knownFor	Cavendish experiment → composition of water → discovery of hydrogen → early measurement of gravitational constant → measurement of the density of the Earth → studies of atmospheric air → studies of electrical phenomena →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
livedIn	United Kingdom →
memberOf	Royal Society →
name	Henry Cavendish →
nationality	British →
nobleFamily	Cavendish family →
notableWork	Cavendish experiment on the density of the Earth → Experiments on Air →
paternalGrandfather	William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire →
residence	Clapham Common → London →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cavendish family → Cavendish family →	notableMember
Experiments on Air →	author
Lord Charles Cavendish →	child
Cavendish experiment →	conductedBy
Lord Charles Cavendish →	fatherOf
Experiments on Air →	hasContributor
Peterhouse, Cambridge →	hasNotableAlumnus
Lord Charles Cavendish →	hasRelative
Newtonian gravitational constant G ("Cavendish experiment") →	historicalExperiment
Newtonian gravitational constant G →	historicallyMeasuredBy
Henry Cavendish →	name
Cavendish Laboratory →	namedAfter