The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2)Paris, John Ayrton
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2)
Paris, John Ayrton
Chemists -- England -- Biography; Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829
Lord EGLINGTON,
Lord TWEDELL,
Right Hon. WM. WYCKHAM,
Capt. ARCHIBALD HAMILTON,
Mr. CAMPBELL,
Mr. FRANKS,
WM. HAMILTON, Esq., Ex-Ambassador at Naples.
Sir EGERTON BRYDGES, Bart.
Colonel ALCOCK,
Captain SWINTERS,
Mr. ALCOCK,
Mr. DREW,
Mr. HEYWOOD,
Mr. SITWELL,
&c.
The Students of the College.
The Citizens of Geneva.
The English service was performed by the Rev. John Magers, of
Queen's College, and the Rev. Mr. Burgess.
The grave was stated in the public prints to be next to that of his
friend the late Professor M. A. Pictet: this is not the fact. It is
far away from it, on the second line of No. 29, the fourth grave
from the end of the west side of the Cemetery.
* * * * *
Sir Humphry Davy having died without issue, his baronetcy has
become extinct.
At present, the only memorial raised to commemorate the name of
this distinguished philosopher is a Tablet placed in Westminster
Abbey by his widow. It is thus inscribed:--
TO THE MEMORY OF
SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BARONET;
DISTINGUISHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
BY HIS
DISCOVERIES IN CHEMICAL SCIENCE.
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY;
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.
BORN 17 DECEMBER 1778, AT PENZANCE.
DIED 28 MAY 1829, AT GENEVA,
WHERE HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED.
The numerous scientific societies of which he was a member, will,
no doubt, consecrate his memory. An eloquent Eloge has been read
by Baron Cuvier before the Institute of France; but it has not
yet been published: I have obtained, however, a copy of a speech
delivered upon the same occasion, by H. C. Van der Boon Mesch,
before the Institute of the Netherlands.
Mr. Davies Gilbert, his early friend and patron, has likewise paid
to his memory a just and appropriate testimony of respect and
admiration, in an address from the chair of the Royal Society.
The inhabitants of Penzance and its neighbourhood, animated by
feelings of honourable pride and strong local attachment, will
shortly, it is understood, raise a pyramid of massive granite to
his memory, on one of those elevated spots of silence and solitude,
where he delighted in his boyish days to commune with the elements,
and where the Spirit of Nature moulded his genius in one of her
wildest moods.
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