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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-12-04 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-09-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003033b.htm person Davy Edward AACR2 16 June 1806 26 January 1885 Place of Birth Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England Place of Death Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia Physician Telegraphic scientist Edward Davy was educated as a doctor. He had a variety of occupations in England, South Australia and Victoria before becoming a medical practitioner in Malmsbury, Victoria for the last 30 years of his life. He was one of the early experimenters with the electric telegraph and was certainly the inventor of the electric relay.

Born Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England, 16 June 1806. Died Malmsbury, Victoria, 26 January 1885. Educated St Bartholomew's Hospital (passed the Apothecary's Hall 1828 and the Royal College of Surgeons 1829). Chemical business, Davy & Co. 1830-38, experimented with the electric telegraph 1835-36, migrated to South Australia 1838, editor, Adelaide Examiner 1842, produced starch from wheat 1843, resumed his profession of medical practitioner at least once in the period to 1845, copper smelting from 1845, director and manager, Adelaide Smelting Co. 1847-50, chief assayer, Government Assay Office, Adelaide 1852, assay master, Melbourne 1853-54, unsuccessful farmer near Malmsbury for a short time, medical practitioner, Malmsbury for the rest of his life. Elected an honorary member of the Society of Telegraph Engineers 1885. Inaugural president, Adelaide Mechanics' Institute 1851. Mayor of Malmsbury three times, active justice of the peace and health officer for more than 20 years.

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 'Davy, Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Davy, Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Edward Davy, 1806-1885 Symons, Eleanor Putnam Edward Davy, 1806-1885 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book Section: Davy, Edward (1806-1885), medical practitioner Gibberd, William O. Davy, Edward (1806-1885), medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 295-296 Resource Section: A Magnificent Failure - Edward Davy Symons, E.D.P. A Magnificent Failure - Edward Davy Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1997 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001