A Conversation for The h2g2 Calendar - 12 - December

Sir Humphry Davy FRS (1778-1829)

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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Please could you add Sir Humphry Davy A25568445 to the 17th December:

Inventor of Miners' Safety Lamp.
One of the founding fathers of general anaesthesiology, due to his dicovery of the anaesthetic properties of nitogen (1) oxide ('laughing gas') on animals and humans in 1800.

smiley - ta

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Sir Humphry Davy FRS (1778-1829)

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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Oops, forgot to mention, this is 'coz he was born on 17 December, 1778.


Sir Humphry Davy FRS (1778-1829)

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SchrEck Inc.

Done, and also put in the date of his death (29 May, 1829). Thanks for your input! smiley - ok


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