Davy is the
surname
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Edmund Davy
Edmund Davy FRS (1785 – 5 November 1857)Christopher F. Lindsey, 'Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200 accessed 6 April 2008/ref> was a professor of chemistry at the Royal Cork Inst ...
(1785–1857), British chemist and academic
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Edward Davy
Edward Davy (16 June 1806 – 26 January 1885) was an English physician, scientist, and inventor who played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.
Davy was born in Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England, ...
(1806–1885), British physician and researcher
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Georges Davy
Georges Davy (; 31 December 1883, Bernay – 27 July 1976, Coutances) was a French sociologist. He was a student and disciple of Émile Durkheim. With Marcel Mauss and Paul Huvelin he pioneered anthropological studies of the origins of the idea o ...
(1883–1976), French sociologist
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Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, (17 December 177829 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several elements for t ...
(1778–1829), British chemist
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John Davy (disambiguation)
John Davy may refer to:
*John Davy (chemist) (1790–1868), British chemist and younger brother of Sir Humphy Davy
*John Davy (cricketer) (born 1974), Irish cricketer
*John Davy (composer) (1763–1824), English composer
* John M. Davy (1835–190 ...
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Margot Davy
Margot Davy is a French fashion model and the founder of travel company ''Offset Guide''.
Biography
Margot grew up in Burgundy, France. She was scouted in 2017 while working in the field of artistic direction in Paris.
One of Margot's first m ...
- French model
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Richard Davy
Richard Davy (c. 1465–1507) was a Renaissance composer, organist and choirmaster, one of the most represented in the Eton Choirbook.
Biography
Little is known about the life of Richard Davy. His name was a common one in Devon and he may have ...
(c. 1465–1507), Renaissance composer, organist and choirmaster
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Steve Davy, British bass guitarist
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Thomas Davy (cyclist)
Thomas Davy (born 1 May 1968, in Paris) is a French former road cyclist. He turned professional in 1992 and ended his cycling career five years later in 1997.
Major results
;1991
: 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
;1992
: 1st ...
(born 1968), French former cyclist
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Thomas Davy (politician)
Thomas Arthur Lewis "Tad" Davy (1 May 1890 – 18 February 1933) was a lawyer and Western Australian politician (Attorney-General and Minister for Education).
Thomas Davy was born on 1 May 1890 in Auckland, New Zealand, the eldest son of a doct ...
(1890–1933), Attorney-General and Minister for Education for Western Australia
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William Davy (divine)
William Davy (1743–1826), was an English divine.
Davy graduated with a B.A. from Balliol College, Oxford in 1766. He was vicar of Winkleigh, Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan c ...
(1743–1826), English priest and writer
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William Davy (lawyer)
William Davy SL (died 1780) was an English barrister during the 18th century. Known as "Bull" Davy, he was noted as quick-witted, with a ready sense of humour, but, according to one author, relatively unscrupulous.
According to Humphry William W ...
(died 1780), English barrister
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William Gabriel Davy
General Sir William Gabriel Davy, (178025 January 1856) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War.
Life
William Gabriel Davy was born in 1780 in Kingsholm, Gloucestershire. He was the eldest son of Major William Davy, P ...
(1780-1856), British Army general who fought in the Peninsular War
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Davy (Surrey cricketer) (first name unknown), English cricketer who played in 1787–1788
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