Humphry

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Humphry is a masculine given name and surname. It comes from the Old Germanic name Hunfrid, which means "friend of the hun". The name may refer to:

Given name name typically used to differentiate people from the same family, clan, or other social group who have a common last name

A given name is a part of a person's personal name. It identifies a person, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group who have a common surname. The term given name refers to the fact that the name usually is bestowed upon a person, normally to a child by their parents at or close to the time of birth. A Christian name, a first name which historically was given at baptism, is now also typically given by the parents at birth.

A surname, family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person's family. Depending on the culture, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations based on the cultural rules.

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Humphry John Berkeley was a British politician noted for his many changes of parties and his early support for gay rights.

Humphry Bowen Chemist, botanist, lichenologist

Humphry John Moule Bowen was a British botanist and chemist.

Humphry Davy Cornish chemist

Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet was a Cornish chemist and inventor, who is best remembered today for isolating, using electricity, a series of elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. He also studied the forces involved in these separations, inventing the new field of electrochemistry. In 1799 Davy experimented with nitrous oxide and was astonished at how it made him laugh, so he nicknamed it "laughing gas", and wrote about its potential anaesthetic properties in relieving pain during surgery.

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Derek Humphry British-born American euthanasia activist and writer

Derek Humphry is a British-born American journalist and author notable as a proponent of legal assisted suicide and the right to die philosophy. In 1980, he co-founded the Hemlock Society and, in 2004, after that organization dissolved, he co-founded the Final Exit Network. From 1988 to 1990, he was president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies and is the current president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO).

George Edward Humphry was an English cricketer.

George Murray Humphry anatomist

Sir George Murray Humphry, FRS was a professor of physiology and anatomy at Cambridge, surgeon, gerontologist and medical writer.

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Humphrey is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Humphreys is a common surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Humphries is a surname, and may refer to:

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