Edmund Davy ( 1785 - 1857 )

Birth: Penzance, Cornwall, England (1785) Death: Kimmage Lodge, County Dublin, Ireland (05 November 1857) Research Field: Chemistry Education: Penzance Career: Went to London (1804); Laboratory Operator and Assistant, Royal Institution, through the influence of Humphry Davy; had control of the laboratory (1804-1813); Professor, Royal Cork Institution (1813); Professor of Chemistry, Royal Dublin Society (1826); wrote on agricultural chemistry, electro-chemistry and metallurgy Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1826.