Sir Humphry Davy (1778 - 1829)
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Description: Short biographical details of this British chemist best known for his experiments in electro-chemistry and his invention of a miner's safety lamp.
BBC - History - Sir Humphry Davy British Broadcasting Corporation Davy was a British chemist best known for his experiments in electro-chemistry and his invention of a miner's safety lamp. Humphry Davy was born on 17 December 1778 in Penzance in Cornwall. He was apprenticed to a surgeon and aged 19 went to Bristol to study science. There he investigated gases. He prepared and inhaled nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and in 1800 published the results of his work in 'Researches, Chemical and Philosophical'. This made his reputation and the following year he was hired as an assistant lecturer in chemistry at the Royal Institution. There he was a great success, with his lectures soon becoming a draw for fashionable London society. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1803 and was awarded its Copley Medal in 1805.
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| Description: | Read a concise biography about the 19th century scientist Sir Humphry Davy who invented the miners safety lamp. |
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