Talk:Robert Dunkin

Notability statement
Robert Dunkin was one of several mentors of the young Humphry Davy, who made a huge impact of the development of chemistry and physics and, with his patent-free lamp, saved many miner's lives.

Dunkin appears to have been the mentor who introduced Davy to scientific experimental practice. Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 16:05, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Work to be done

 * Check vital dates
 * Check participation in Cornwall Monthly Meeting
 * Read Sir Harold Hartley Humphry Davy, (1966) DONE
 * Check with WP Editor who is a scientist
 * Check with WP Editor who knows Penzance well

Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 20:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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Removed tag. Had just loaded it and broadband went down!. Links to this article now made. Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 10:33, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Obituary notice
Sir Harold Hartley in his Humphry Davy, (Reprint of 1966 edition with new preface) Wakefield, EP publications, 1972 p.14 refers to an obituary notice of Dunkin's death in 1831, describing him as "well known to men of science by some valuable improvements in the barometer and thermometer. He was an able mathematician and in natural philosophy, especially electricity and magnetism, he was deeply skilled". Hartley does not describe the source of this quotation. Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 22:10, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Now supplied Vernon White  . . . Talk 16:23, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

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Ancestor of same
Feel strongly that this chap (whose nickname was Snaffle) is related to Robert Dunkin whose pseudonym was Snaffle. Snaffle was the author of books on shooting large and small game, he was published between 1894-1914. See Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography and