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Who was Jane Apreece, Sir Humphry Davy’s wife?
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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.
Jane Apreece was a wealthy widow who was well known in social and literary circles in both England and Scotland. She married Sir Humphry Davy on April 11, 1812, just days after he was knighted by the Prince Regent.1