John Davy1 to Faraday   7 November 1830

Malta Nov. 7th 1830

My dear Sir,

I am engaged in collecting materials for the biography of my brother Sir Humphry Davy2. You will oblige me by furnishing me with any particulars which may appear to you interesting relative to him, during the period you were with him on the continent & afterwards in London, when he prosecuted his chemical enquiries in the Laboratory of the Royal Institution. Will you have the goodness to send any communications you may favor me with to No. 5 Berkel[e]y St. Sir James M’Grigor3 has had the kindness to offer forward them to me4.

I am, my dear Sir | Your obedient | humble Servant | John Davy


Endorsed: With Sir J M’Grigor best compts

Address: M. Faraday Esqr. | Royal Institution.

1
John Davy (1790–1868, ODNB). Brother of Humphry Davy. Army surgeon.
2
Davy, J. (1836).
3
James McGrigor (1771–1858, ODNB). Director General of the Army Medical Department, 1815–1851.
4
There was nothing obviously uniquely derived from Faraday in Davy, J. (1836).

Bibliography

DAVY, John (1836): Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., 2 volumes, London.

Please cite as “Faraday0466a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0466a