Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as for discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. Davy also studied the forces involved in these separations, inventing the new field of electrochemistry.
Background
- Born in
- Penzance
- Educated at
- Truro Cathedral School
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences🏆 Royal Society Bakerian Medal🏆 Copley Medal
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1778
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Birth1829
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