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Passages from the Life of a Philosopher · Character
Humphry Davy
Prominent chemist and inventor, a contemporary of Babbage.
minor
Also known as Sir H. Davy, Sir Humphry Davy, Davy
First appearance: xiii recollections of wollaston davy and rogers
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