Humphry Davy

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Humphry Davy
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Royal_Society_Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Society_Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1778-12-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Penzance,_Cornwall,_England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath stroke
gptkbp:child none
gptkbp:deathDate 1829-05-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Geneva,_Switzerland
gptkbp:education gptkb:Truro_Grammar_School
gptkbp:fieldOfWork chemistry
electrochemistry
physics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Humphry Davy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Antoine_Lavoisier
gptkb:Joseph_Priestley
gptkb:Thomas_Beddoes
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Davy_lamp
electrolysis of water
safety lamp for miners
gptkbp:knighted 1812
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Davy_lamp
isolating barium
isolating calcium
isolating magnesium
isolating potassium
isolating sodium
isolating strontium
discovering several alkali and alkaline earth metals
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Elements_of_Agricultural_Chemistry
gptkb:Elements_of_Chemical_Philosophy
gptkb:Researches,_Chemical_and_Philosophical
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
chemist
gptkbp:portrait Sir_Humphry_Davy_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society
Professor at Royal Institution
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Bristol
gptkb:London
gptkb:Penzance
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Plainpalais_Cemetery,_Geneva
gptkbp:signature Humphry Davy signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Apreece
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gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Davy_Medal
gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkb:Calcium
gptkb:lighthouse
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4