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 Cornwall, England. It lies 64 miles (103 km) west-southwest of Plymouth, 255 miles (410 km) west-southwest of London, and 9 miles (14 km) east of Land's End. Penzance railway station is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line and is both the southernmost and westernmost station in England. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel. As well as Penzance itself, the parish also includes the fishing port of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Gulval, and Heamoor. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 20,734 and the population of the Penzance built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics was 14,960. 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: 76.94
Rank: 2
Ethelwynn Trewavas
BIOLOGIST
1900 - 1993
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1
Occupations
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.
