John Davy

(1790-1868)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Davy, John, 1790-1868 NRA: Davy John (1790-1868) physiologist and anatomist DNB: Davy, John (1790-1868), physiologist and anatomist LBT ID: JoDavy1868 VIAF ID: 100185120 LOC ID: n86822443	B/BAP: 1790-05-24 DIED: 1868-01-24
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The younger brother and biographer of Humphry Davy; he was educated at Edinburgh University and was a military physician and writer.
REFERENCES TO John Davy: Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 19 Januaruy 1815 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1814-15 Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter IX 1831 Found 5: ¶ 27 ¶ 28 ¶ 35 ¶ 39 ¶ n1