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Sir Humphry Davy

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Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist and physicist.

Sir Humphry Davy (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and physicist. He discovered several alkali and alkaline earth metals and investigated the properties of the elements chlorine and iodine.

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