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When did Sir Humphry Davy become president of the Royal Society?
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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, detail of an oil painting after Sir Thomas Lawrence; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Humphry Davy became president of the Royal Society in 1820, a position he held until 1827.1