English noun: Sir Humphrey Davy | |||
1. | Sir Humphrey Davy (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Davy, Humphrey Davy | ||
Instance hypernym | chemist | ||