Penzance
Penzance ranks 9,783rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Al-Shati refugee camp, Belper, and Salem, Illinois. Memorable people born in Penzance include Humphry Davy, and Ethelwynn Trewavas. Penzance has been the birth place of many chemists, and biologists. Penzance is located in United Kingdom.
Penzance is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall and is about 64 miles (103 km) west-southwest of Plymouth and 255 miles (410 km) west-southwest of London. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel, is bordered to the west by the fishing port of Newlyn, to the north by the civil parish of Madron and to the east by the civil parish of Ludgvan. The civil parish includes the town of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Gulval, and Heamoor. Granted various royal charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated on 9 May 1614, it has a population of 21,200. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1778 and 1900, Penzance was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Humphry Davy, and Ethelwynn Trewavas.
People Born in Penzance
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Humphry Davy
CHEMIST
1778 - 1829
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 1
Ethelwynn Trewavas
BIOLOGIST
1900 - 1993
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Born in Penzance
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Most individuals born in present day Penzance were chemists (1), and biologists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history chemists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Penzance, including Humphry Davy.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Penzance since 1700.
