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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, 17 December 1778-29 May 1829, English chemist.Davy, educated in Penzance and Truro in Cornwall, was apprenticed to a surgeon in 1795.
As a youth he was active and his interests were wide-ranging: he enjoyed hiking through mountains, collecting minerals, hunting and fishing, and writing poetry.
Biography of hamphry davy
He in fact planned to publish a volume of his juvenile poems, but in 1797 he had what might be described as a kind of conversion to the scientific method. His friend Davies Giddy (later Davies Giddy, president of the Royal Society) encouraged him to pursue scientific studies, and Davy was soon immersed in many of the scientific and especially chemical controversies of the day: optics, physics, and the nature of electricity.
After performing experiments on nitrous oxide (laughing gas), he was in 1798 named chemical superintendent to the Pneumatic Institution, a foundation which investigated the medical benefits of various gases.
He published his