NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Davy, Humphrey, Sir, 1778-1829 NRA: Davy, Sir Humphry (1778-1829) 1st Baronet Physicist DNB: Davy, Sir Humphry, baronet (1778-1829), chemist and inventor LBT ID: HuDavy1829 VIAF ID: 29630108 LOC ID: n79142750 | B/BAP: 1778-12-17 DIED: 1829-05-29 |
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English chemist and physicist, inventor of the safety lamp; in Bristol he knew Cottle,
Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey; he was president of the Royal Society (1820). | |