Humphry Davy bigger. My sight, however, I am informed, will not be injured". Davy's accident induced him to hire Michael Faraday as a co-worker, particularly for assistance with handwriting and record keeping. He had recovered from his injuries by April 1813. In 1812, Davy was knighted and gave up his lecturing position at the Royal Institution. He was given the title of Honorary Professor of Chemistry. He gave a farewell lecture to the Institution, and married a wealthy widow, Jane Apreece. (While Davy was generally acknowledged as being faithful to his wife, their relationship was stormy, and in later years he travelled
Alexander Pope Humphrey Alexander Pope Humphrey Judge Alexander Pope Humphrey (1848 - 1928), also known as A. P. Humphrey or Alex P. Humphrey, was born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky and was a noted lawyer and judge. He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and the University of Virginia law school.. A. P. Humphrey was a chancellor of the Louisville, Kentucky chancery court (a court of equity), having been appointed at age thirty-two to fill the unexpired term of Judge Horatio Washington Bruce who had resigned on March 10, 1880 to accept a position as attorney for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. A