Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Humphry Davy across 8 places, from 1778 to 1829.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 1778 to 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Humphry Davy was documented, and when
17 December 1778exact date
Penzanceattested“Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England on 17 December 1778, the eldest of the five children of Robert Davy, a woodcarver, and his wife Grace Millett.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1794year
Penzanceattested“What I am I made myself." His brother said Davy possessed a "native vigour" and "the genuine quality of genius, or of that power of intellect which exalts its possessor above the crowd." After Davy's father died in 1794, Tonkin apprentic…”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1800year
Lake Districtattested“William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge moved to the Lake District in 1800, and asked Davy to deal with the Bristol publishers of the Lyrical Ballads, Biggs & Cottle.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
8 March 1801exact date
Londonattested“Davy wrote to Davies Giddy on 8 March 1801 about the offers made by Banks and Thompson, a possible move to London and the promise of funding for his work in galvanism.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1812 to 1815period
Englandattested“After the Battle of Waterloo, Davy wrote to Lord Liverpool urging that the French be treated with severity: File:Davy-1.jpg|1812 copy of "Elements of Chemical Philosophy" File:Davy-2.jpg|Title page of an 1812 copy of "Elements of Chemica…”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
October 1813month
Franceattested“In October 1813, he and his wife, accompanied by Michael Faraday as his scientific assistant (also treated as a valet), travelled to France to collect the second edition of the prix du Galvanisme, a medal that Napoleon Bonaparte had awar…”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1 December 1819exact date
Naplesattested“Initial experiments were again promising and his work resulted in 'partially unrolling 23 MSS., from which fragments of writing were obtained' but after returning to Naples on 1 December 1819 from a summer in the Alps, Davy complained th…”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1 December 1819exact date
Alpsattested“Initial experiments were again promising and his work resulted in 'partially unrolling 23 MSS., from which fragments of writing were obtained' but after returning to Naples on 1 December 1819 from a summer in the Alps, Davy complained th…”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
29 May 1829exact date
Genevaattested“After spending many months attempting to recuperate, Davy died in a room at L'Hôtel de la Couronne, in the Rue du Rhône, in Geneva, Switzerland, on 29 May 1829.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
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1796year
Penzancementioned“Three of Davy's paintings from around 1796 have been donated to the Penlee House museum at Penzance.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
2 October 1798exact date
Bristolmentioned“On 2 October 1798, Davy joined the Pneumatic Institution at Bristol.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
April 1799month
Albemarle Streetmentioned“The house in Albemarle Street was bought in April 1799.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
December 1799month
Londonmentioned“In December 1799 Davy visited London for the first time and extended his circle of friends.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1802year
Royal Institutionmentioned“In 1802, Humphry Davy had what was then the most powerful electrical battery in the world at the Royal Institution.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1806year
Royal Societymentioned“By 1806 he was able to demonstrate a much more powerful form of electric lighting to the Royal Society in London.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
30 June 1808exact date
Royal Societymentioned“On 30 June 1808 Davy reported to the Royal Society that he had successfully isolated four new metals which he named barium, calcium, strontium and magnium (later changed to magnesium) which were subsequently published in the Philosophica…”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1812year
Royal Institutionmentioned“In 1812, Davy was knighted and gave up his lecturing position at the Royal Institution.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
December 1813month
Parismentioned“The party left Paris in December 1813, travelling south to Italy.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
December 1813month
Italymentioned“The party left Paris in December 1813, travelling south to Italy.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
June 1814month
Genevamentioned“By June 1814, they were in Milan, where they met Alessandro Volta, and then continued north to Geneva.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
June 1814month
Milanmentioned“By June 1814, they were in Milan, where they met Alessandro Volta, and then continued north to Geneva.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
1818year
Naplesmentioned“Davy experimented on fragments of the Herculaneum papyri before his departure to Naples in 1818.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
26 May 1818exact date
Flandersmentioned“Accompanied by his wife, they set off on 26 May 1818 to stay in Flanders where Davy was invited by the coal miners to speak.”source: Wikipedia: Humphry Davy
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