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===Geographical locations=== *Shortly after his funeral, his wife organised a memorial tablet for him in [[Westminster Abbey]] at a cost of £142.<ref>'The Abbey Scientists' Hall, A.R. p59: London; Roger & Robert Nicholson; 1966</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Knight |first = David |author-link = David M. Knight |title = Humphry Davy: Science and Power |year = 1992 |publisher = Cambridge University Press |location = Cambridge |page = [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780631168164/page/168 168] |isbn = 978-0-631-16816-4 |url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780631168164/page/168 }}</ref><ref>Davy is buried in plot 208 of the Plainpalais Cemetery, Rue des Rois, Geneva. For contemporary information on Davy's funeral service and memorials, see {{cite book |last=Paris |first=John Ayrton |title = The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL.D. |year = 1831 |publisher = Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley|location = London |pages = 516–17 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=e5oEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA516 }}</ref> *In 1872, a statue of Davy was erected in front of the [[Market Building, Penzance]], (now owned by [[Lloyds TSB]]) at the top of Market Jew Street, Penzance.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/humphry-davy-statue-penzance-3792.htm| title=Humphry Davy Statue – Penzance| website=Cornwalls.co.uk| date=16 February 2012| access-date=16 February 2018| archive-date=17 February 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217141933/https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/humphry-davy-statue-penzance-3792.htm| url-status=live}}</ref> *A commemorative slate plaque on 4 Market Jew Street, Penzance, claims the location as his birthplace.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blueplaqueplaces.co.uk/humphry-davy-slate-plaque-in-penzance-11576 |title=Humphry Davy slate plaque in Penzance | Blue Plaque Places |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320105431/http://www.blueplaqueplaces.co.uk/humphry-davy-slate-plaque-in-penzance-11576 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A secondary school in Coombe Road, Penzance, is named [[Humphry Davy School]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/ | title=Welcome to Humphry Davy School | website=Humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk | access-date=19 March 2018 | archive-date=20 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320105510/http://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/ | url-status=live }}</ref> *A pub at 32 Alverton Street, Penzance, is named "The Sir Humphry Davy".<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/sir-humphry-davy-pub-penzance-1482.htm|title = Sir Humphry Davy pub –Penzance|website = Cornwalls.co.uk|date = 9 June 2006|access-date = 16 February 2018|archive-date = 17 February 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180217141951/https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/sir-humphry-davy-pub-penzance-1482.htm|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/COR/382/sir-humphry-davy-penzance | title=Sir Humphry Davy, Penzance | website=Whatpub.com | access-date=16 February 2018 | archive-date=17 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202655/https://whatpub.com/pubs/COR/382/sir-humphry-davy-penzance | url-status=live }}</ref> *One of the science buildings of the [[University of Plymouth]] is named ''The Davy Building''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/our-stories/150/legacy/building-plaques | title=Building plaques | website=Plymouth.ac.uk | access-date=16 February 2018 | archive-date=17 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217083237/https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/our-stories/150/legacy/building-plaques | url-status=dead }}</ref> *There is a road named Humphry Davy Way adjacent to the docks in Bristol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishstreets.info/humphry-davy-way-hotwells-bristol-bristol|title=Britishstreets|website=Britishstreets.info|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-date=20 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320105656/http://www.britishstreets.info/humphry-davy-way-hotwells-bristol-bristol|url-status=live}}</ref> *Outside the entrance to [[Sunderland Football Club]]'s [[Stadium of Light]] stands a giant Davy Lamp, in recognition of local mining heritage and the importance of Davy's safety lamp to the mining industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.safc.com/news/club-news/2017/july/the-story-behind-the-sol|title = The story behind the SoL|website = Safc.com|date = 19 July 2017|access-date = 16 February 2018|archive-date = 17 February 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180217083933/https://www.safc.com/news/club-news/2017/july/the-story-behind-the-sol|url-status = live}}</ref> *There is a street named Humphry-Davy-Straße in the industrial quarter of the town of [[Cuxhaven]], Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.meinestadt.de/cuxhaven/stadtplan/strasse/humphry-davy-str. | title=Humphry-Davy-STR., Cuxhaven Stadtplan | website=Meinestadt.de | access-date=19 March 2018 | archive-date=20 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170930/http://www.meinestadt.de/cuxhaven/stadtplan/strasse/humphry-davy-str. | url-status=live }}</ref> *A satellite of the [[University of Sheffield]] at Golden Smithies Lane in [[Wath upon Dearne]] (Manvers) was called Humphry Davy House and was home to the School of Nursing and Midwifery until April 2009.<ref name="davyhouse">{{Cite web |last=SMC Chartered Surveyors |date=2022 |title=For sale: Humphry Davy House |url=http://www.bulkloader.prd.pl.artirix.com.s3.amazonaws.com/1df62407-afc6-434d-8704-96b36b615888_123210.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013021226/http://www.bulkloader.prd.pl.artirix.com.s3.amazonaws.com/1df62407-afc6-434d-8704-96b36b615888_123210.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> *[[Davy Sound]] in [[Greenland]] was named in his honour by [[William Scoresby]] (1789–1857).<ref name="cat">{{Cite web|url=https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=549832.8357720698,8582739.868248867,622444.3190166993,8680765.370629115&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part=&placename=&filter_2=txt_search.part=&placename=|title=Place names, northern East Greenland|website=Data.geus.dk|access-date=18 September 2021|archive-date=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145509/https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=549832.8357720698,8582739.868248867,622444.3190166993,8680765.370629115&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part=&placename=&filter_2=txt_search.part=&placename=|url-status=live}}</ref> *There is a 'zone of activity' commercial area in [[La Grand-Combe]], [[Gard]], France, a former mining town, named after Davy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2017 |title=Parc régional d'activité économiques Humphry Davy |url=https://www.lagrandcombe.fr/3117-2/ |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=Mairie de la grand combe |language=fr-FR |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319190012/https://www.lagrandcombe.fr/3117-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *Mount Davy in New Zealand's [[Paparoa Range]] was named after him by [[Julius von Haast]].<ref>{{LINZ|id=30936 |name=Mount Davy |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
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