Chemist. Born Penzance. Wrote "Researches, Chemical and Philosophical". Discovered potassium, sodium, barium, strontium, etc. Invented the safety lamp for coal miners.
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Sir Humphry Davy
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Boris Nemtsov
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Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Victor Edwards
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Thornton's Corner
BR3, Beckenham High Street, 102 - 104
Thornton's Corner Beckenham Journal, 1881 - 1965 First British Airmail Post Office, 9th August 1902. Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic ...
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Sir Noel Caron
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SW1, Victoria Station
The vehicle used for the delivery was the Cavell Van, the railway wagon which had previously been used for two ceremonial journeys from D...
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