Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy, FRS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829), often incorrectly spelled Humphrey, was a Cornish chemist. He was born in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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The following poem was apparently the first ever Clerihew:

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:Sir Humphrey Davy

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:Abominated gravy.

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:He lived in the odium

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:Of having discovered sodium.

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