Banks, Sir Joseph, his opinion of the Royal Institution, 80; his account of Davy’s courtship, 162; his opinion of Davy, 213; death of, 212 Beddoes, Mrs., 28 ----, Thomas, 23; letters to Davies Gilbert, 24, 25; engages Davy as chemist to the Pneumatic Institution, 25; his testimony to Davy’s originality, 32; his end, 65 Bernard, Thomas, 66, 67, 80 Berthollet, Davy’s account of, 179; his theory of the nature of chlorine, 136, 144 Berzelius, Jakob, 94, 109, 143, 154 Bonaparte’s medal for discoveries in galvanism awarded to Davy, 109 Borlase, Bingham, 15, 25 Boron, Isolation of, 129 Brande, William Thomas, succeeds Davy as Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution, 176 Brownrigg, Lady, her account of Davy, 111 Buddle, John, 194, 195, 201, 204, 209; letter to Davy, 201 Cardew, Dr., Master of Truro Grammar School, his opinion of Davy as a boy, 12 Chlorine, Discovery of, by Scheele, 136; its nature, 134 _et seq._; controversy as to its nature, 143; its bleaching power explained, 149; its liquefaction by Northmore, 149; by Faraday, 149 ---- compounds, Davy’s nomenclature of, 149 Chlorophosphamide, 138 Coal-owners’ Testimonial to Davy, 205, 208 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, his opinion of Davy, 18, 55, 57, 88; letters to Davy, 57, 58, 59; letter to Purkis, 88 Colouring matters of the Ancients, Investigation of, by Davy, 185, 187 “Consolations in Travel,” 232 Copley medal awarded to Davy, 213 Coryton, Mr., Master of Penzance Grammar School, his methods of tuition, 12, 13, 53 Cottle, Amos, his account of Davy, 55 Cuvier, Davy’s account of, 178 Davy: His birth, 9; becomes chemist to the Pneumatic Institution, 25; goes to the Royal Institution, 63; his views on the Atomic Theory, 146, 147; marriage, 163; is knighted, 164; is elected a member of the Institute, 179; is created a baronet, 211; his illness, 221, 224; death, 234; burial, 234; his character, 235, 236; as an angler, 158, 159, 229; as a lecturer, 71, 73 _et seq._, 84, 86; as a man of society, 87, 115; as a poet, 17, 18, 19, 125, 179 Davy’s letters: To Mrs. Apreece, 159, 160, 161; to Mr. Children, 168, 223; to Lady Davy, 226, 227, 228; to Dr. John Davy, 163, 165, 183, 222, 231, 232; to Faraday, 174; to Mr. Davies Gilbert, 29, 40, 51, 63, 85, 228; to Dr. Gray, 195, 197; to Rev. Mr. Hodgson, 196; to Dr. Hope, 62, 69; to his mother, 13, 26, 27, 52, 62, 79, 158, 163, 176, 188, 211, 223; to Mr. Poole, 88, 214, 225, 228, 232; to his sisters, 116 ---- nomenclature of chlorine compounds, 149 Davy medal, The, 235 ----, Edmund, cousin of Humphry Davy, 114, 123, 133 ----, Edmund, grandfather of Humphry Davy, 10 ----, Lady, her character, 189, 190, 191 ----, Robert, father of Humphry Davy, 9, 10