Humphry Davy: Analogy, priority, and the “true philosopher”
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 237633176
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1080/00026980.2019.1616947
- Title of journal
- Ambix
- Article number
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- First page
- 121
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 2-3
- ISSN
- 0002-6980
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- Yes
- Additional information
- This essay is a contribution to a special issue of Ambix brings together eight new studies on Humphry Davy together with an appreciation of the life and work of David Knight, much of whose scholarship was devoted to understanding Davy. Ruston co-wrote the introduction, co-edited the whole special double issue, and wrote the essay, ‘Humphry Davy: Analogy, Priority, and the “true philosopher”’. Taken together, the essays provide a much richer and more nuanced account of aspects of Davy’s life, showing how he and his work fitted into the very complex and difficult social, cultural and political contexts of the opening decades of the nineteenth century. In her essay, Ruston publishes a manuscript poem by Davy in which he describes the “true philosopher”; the essay then demonstrates how Davy attempted to depict his own character in this way during critical moments in his career.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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