John Davy (chemist)

John Davy
FRS FRSE
Portrait of John Davy
Born24 May 1790
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Died24 January 1868(1868-01-24) (aged 77)
Lasketh-How, England
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Known forPhosgene
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

John Davy FRS FRSE (24 May 1790 – 24 January 1868) was a Cornish doctor, amateur chemist, brother of the noted chemist Sir Humphry Davy, and cousin of Edmund Davy.

During his career, Davy discovered phosgene, silicon tetrafluoride, and concluded that chlorine was an element.

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