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Sir Humphry Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall.
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He went to school at Bristol to study science.
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He was able to isolate potassium and sodium with the help of a battery.
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He was considered one of Britains leading scientists.
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He set off on a two year trip to Europe.
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Miners reached out to Humphry about redesigning the head-lamp.
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He was made a baronet which is the lowest in the British order.
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He was finally made president of the royal society.
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His health started to fail him so he had to resign from the Royal Society.
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he finally pasted away from being partly paralyzed from a stroke. He
died at the age of 50 in Geneva, Switzerland.
