He was the son of Robert Devy.He was a wood-carver at Penzance, who pursued his art rather for amusement than profit.
Sir Humphry Davy attended the Penzance Grammar School in Cornwall, England.
Humphry Davy was born on December 17, 1778.
Humphry Davy's mother was called Grace Millett. She came from a previously wealthy family but her parents died within minutes of each other from malignat fever. Her and her two sisters were adopted by a man named John Tonkin who was a surgion that lived in Panzance, Cornwall, England.
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Yes, he married a woman named Jane Apreece (nee Kerr) and she died in 1855, 26 years after her husband. They never had any children. Pity it would have been nice if someone had inherited Humphry's brains:-).
Sir Humphry Davy attended the Penzance Grammar School in Cornwall, England.
Paul Davys died in 1672.
George Davys was born in 1780.
George Davys died in 1864.
William Davys died in 1687.
Mary Davies died in 1930.
Thomas Reid Davys Bell was born in 1863.
Thomas Reid Davys Bell died in 1948.
Owen Davys has written: 'An historical and Architectural guide to Peterborough Cathedral'
Charles Raymond Davys Tuckey has written: 'Lawn tennis for men' -- subject(s): Tennis
Humphry Garratt was born in 1898.
Humphry Garratt died in 1974.