PENLEE HOUSE GALLERY AND MUSEUM. It is strange that Humphry Davy of Penzance is best known today for an invention made to help coal miners in the Midlands. Davy was a chemist and became president ...
On the north wall of the chapel of St Andrew in Westminster Abbey is a white marble memorial to chemist and poet Sir Humphry Davy. The tablet was erected by Lady Davy and is by sculptor Sir Francis ...
The idea of scientists creating monsters was born. Professor Brian Cox introduces Humphry Davy, who was passionate both about chemistry and communicating his enthusiasm for science to the public.
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) discovered more chemical elements than any individual has before or since. His achievements saw him rise up through society’s ranks from relatively modest origins to ...