Usually means: Pioneer in electrochemistry and inventor.
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  1. sir humphrey davy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Sir Humphrey Davy: Vocabulary.com
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  4. Sir humphrey davy: Rhymezone
  5. sir humphrey davy: FreeDictionary.org
  6. sir humphrey davy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. Sir Humphrey Davy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (Sir humphrey davy)

noun:  English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)


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