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Humphry Davy
England, 1778–1829Rank #3 with 7 elementsAn English chemist who used powerful electric batteries to split compounds that no one could break apart before. In just two years he isolated a string of new metals.
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He also invented the Davy safety lamp, which saved countless coal miners' lives.
Elements discovered
11NaSodiumHumphry Davy, 180719KPotassiumHumphry Davy, 180720CaCalciumHumphry Davy, 180812MgMagnesiumJoseph Black, 1755 (isolated by Humphry Davy, 1808)56BaBariumHumphry Davy, 180838SrStrontiumAdair Crawford, 1790 (isolated by Humphry Davy, 1808)5BBoronJoseph Gay-Lussac, Louis Thénard and Humphry Davy, 1808