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Authorised form of nameDavy; John (1790 - 1868); surgeon
Dates1790 - 1868
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPenzance, Cornwall, England
Date of birth24 May 1790
Place of deathLesketh-how, near Ambleside, Westmorland
Date of death24 January 1868
OccupationSurgeon
Research fieldPhysiology
Chemistry
Natural history
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh. MD (1814)
Career:
Army Surgeon; Inspector General of Army Hospitals; medical staff, Ceylon (1816-1820)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/02/1814
RelationshipsBrother of Sir Humphry Davy (FRS 1803); father-in-law of George Rolleston (FRS 1862)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp lxxix-lxxxi
References:
N G Coley, 'The Animal Chemistry Club; Assistant Society to the Royal Society' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 173-185
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/100185120
CodeNA3369
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MC/1/208Letter from John Davy, London, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society 13 March 1830
MM/19/67Letter from James Yates to William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society15 September 1866
MC/2/204Letter from Dr. [John] Davy, to [Prince Augustus Frederick, the Duke of Sussex], President of the Royal Society and to the Councilc. April 1836
MC/1/335Letter from [Sir James] McGrigor, [Director General at the] Army Medical Board, to the Royal Society26 October 1831
RR/1/52Referee's report by William Henry Smyth and Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, on a paper 'Some account of a new volcano in the Mediterranean' by John Davy [1832]
RR/1/54Referee's report by James Cumming and William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Some experiments and observations on the combinations of carbonic acid and ammonia' by John Davy[1830]
RR/3/89Referee's report by Thomas Bell, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the salmonidae' by John Davy1855
RR/2/54Referee's report by George Newport, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy19 April 1852
RR/4/62Referee's report by James Paget, on a paper 'On the electrical condition of the egg of the common fowl' by John Davy15 June 1859
RR/1/50Referee's report by John Bostock, on a paper 'Miscellaneous observations on animal heat' by John Davy[1844]
PT/52/iLetter, regarding missing manuscript from J [John] Davy to unknown recipient18 February 1852
MS/426/310Copy letter from [Charles Richard Weld, the Assistant Secretary of] the Royal Society; to Mr [John] Davy7 February 1848
EC/1813/12Davy, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/8/343Letter from R Davy, Penketh, Warrington, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]30 March 1869
PT/6/9Paper, 'An account of some experiments on the combinations of different metals and chlorine, etc.' by John Davy[1812]
MC/3/16Letter from Dr. [John] Davy, London, to the [Marquis of Northampton,] President of the Royal Society20 March 1839
PT/21/6Paper, 'Notice of the remains of the recent volcano in the Mediterranean' by John Davy15 November 1832
MC/1/149Letter from [John] Davy, London, to the Royal Society18 January 1827
PT/12/15Paper, 'On the urinary organs and secretion of some of the amphibia' by John Davy25 March 1817
PT/15/8Paper, 'An account of the urinary organs and urine of two species of the genus rana' by John Davy28 January 1819
PT/17/4Paper, 'Farther particulars of a case of pneumatothorax' by John Davy4 December 1823
RR/3/90Referee's report by John Edward Gray, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the salmonidae' by John Davy8 November 1856
PT/8/33Paper, 'An account of some experiments on animal heat' by John Davy[1814]
PT/38/8Paper, 'On the temperature of man within the tropics' by John Davy14 February 1850
RR/2/53Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy26 May 1852
PT/6/5Paper, 'On a gaseous compound of carbonic oxide and chlorine' by John Davy[1811]
RR/4/61Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'On the electrical condition of the egg of the common fowl' by John Davy7 June 1859
PT/6/18Paper, 'An account of some experiments on different combinations of fluoric acid' by Mr J [John] Davy[1812]
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
PT/16/30Paper, 'Observations on air found in the pleura in a case of pneumatothorax, with experiments on the absorption of different kinds of air introduced into the pleura' by John Davy17 June 1823
PT/73/15/6Paintings, 'Graham Island' by R Irton7 August 1831
AP/19/9Unpublished paper, 'Note on the preceding remarks by Mr [John] Davy' by Mr [Michael] Faraday9 January 1835
PT/74/1/34Paintings, foetal torpedos and yolk bags by unknown artist[1834]
MC/6/49Letter from J [John] Davy, Lesketh How, Ambleside, to Mr Whitwell [?]12 December 1859
MC/5/370Letter from John Davy, Lesketh How, Ambleside, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society6 November 1858
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
AP/12/7Unpublished letter, 'Observations on the changes which have taken place in some antient [ancient] alloys of copper' from John Davy to Sir Humphry Davy[1825]
MC/8/339Letter from Wm J Hutton, Warrington, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society23 March 1869
AP/42/6Unpublished paper, 'On the electrical condition of the egg of the common fowl' by John Davy17 May 1859
MC/8/340Letter from R Davy, Penketh, Warrington, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]26 March 1869
AP/19/10/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the temperature of some fishes of the genus Thunnus' by John Davy8 January 1835
AP/19/10Unpublished paper, 'On the temperature of some fishes of the genus Thunnus' by John Davy8 January 1835
AP/19/8Unpublished paper, 'Remarks on certain statements of Mr [Michael] Faraday contained in the fourth and fifth series of his "Experimental Results in Electricity"' by John Davy4 November 1834
AP/19/10/2Unpublished diagram, anatomical drawing by John Davy8 January 1835
AP/23/23Unpublished paper, 'Notice relative to the form of the blood-particles of the Ornithorhynchus hystrix' by John Davy13 April 1840
AP/29/1Unpublished paper, 'On carbonic acid as a solven in the process of vegetation' by John Davy15 February 1847
AP/21/16Unpublished paper, 'Researches on suppuration' by George Gulliver1838
AP/33/9Unpublished paper, 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy18 November 1851
PT/74/1/35Paintings, disappearance of external yolk vesicle in young torpedos by unknown artist[1834]
PT/74/1/36Paintings, anatomy of torpedoes by unknown artist[1834]
AP/38/7Letter, 'On the vitality of the ova of the Salmonidae of different ages' from John Davy to Charles Darwin10 January 1856
PT/29/12Paper, 'On the temperature of man' by John Davy1 May 1845
PT/73/15/35Painting, erupting volcano and ships at sea by unknown artist[1831]
RR/1/51Referee's report by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, on a paper 'On carbonic acid as a solvent in the process of vegetation' by John Davy17 July 1847
RR/2/55Referee's report by Henry Bence Jones, on a paper 'Some observations on the ova of the Salmonidae' by John Davy26 January 1854
AP/27/2Unpublished paper, 'On the action of the Sun's rays on lithic acid' by John Davy3 June 1844
AP/25/4Unpublished paper, 'Miscellaneous observations on the torpedo' by John Davy6 December 1840
PT/11/21Paper, 'Observations on the temperature of the ocean and atmosphere, and on the density of sea water, made during a voyage to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]' by John Davy in a letter to Sir H [Humphry] Davy3 November 1816
RR/1/53Referee's report by William Clift, on a paper 'On the male organs of some of the cartilaginous fishes' by John Davy12 June 1839
RR/5/55Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'Some observations on birds, chiefly in relation to their temperature, with supplementary additions' by John Davy29 June 1865
RR/5/56Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'Some observations on birds, chiefly in relation to their temperature, with supplementary additions' by John Davy[1865]
MA/21Part letter from James William Redhouse, Constantinople [Istanbul], Turkey, to [John Davy]22 January 1841
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