
Edmund Davy
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Penzance |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | November 5,1857 |
Died | Dublin |
Ireland | |
Job | Professor |
Chemist | |
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ID | 532676 |
Edmund Davy Life story
Edmund Davy FRS was a professor of Chemistry at the Royal Cork Institution from 1813 and professor of chemistry at the Royal Dublin Society from 1826. He discovered acetylene, as it was later named by Marcellin Berthelot. He was also an original member of the Chemical Society, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.