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To: ManyMoose who wrote (4902)9/19/2008 12:15:28 AM
From: average joe  Read Replies (2) of 5290
 
My goodness that is quite the lineage you have!

"Legacy and honours

Statue of Davy in Penzance, CornwallA lunar crater (Davy) is named after Sir Humphry Davy. It has a diameter of 34 km and coordinates of 11.8S, 8.1W.

In Penzance in Cornwall, Davy's hometown, there is a statue of him in front of the imposing Market House, now owned by Lloyds TSB, at the top of Market Jew Street, the town's main high street.

There also is a secondary school in Penzance named Humphry Davy School. Like James Prescott Joule and Isaac Newton, Davy is remembered in his hometown by a pub. The Sir Humphry Davy pub is located in Penzance opposite the Greenmarket at the end of Market Jew Street.

Davy was the subject of the first ever clerihew.

en.wikipedia.org

A satellite of the University of Sheffield at Golden Smithies Lane in Wath upon Dearne (Manvers) is called Humphry Davy House and is currently home to the School of Nursing and Midwifery, until April 2009."

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