Edmund Davy

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Edmund Davy (* 1785 - † November 5, 1857 ) was an Irish chemist .

He was Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Cork Institution from 1813 and at the Royal Dublin Society from 1826 .

Davy discovered the catalytic effect of platinum sponge , the rust protection through galvanizing, and was the first to synthesize ethyne (acetylene, as it was called by Marcellin Berthelot ).

Edmund Davy was a cousin of the English chemist Humphry Davy .

literature

  • Justin Russell: Edmund Davy . In: Journal of Chemical Education . 30, 1953, pp. 302-304. doi : 10.1021 / ed030p302 .
personal data
SURNAME Davy, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1785
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 1857