He discovered acetylene , as it was later named by Marcellin Berthelot .
Edmund Davy FRS ( 1785 -- 5 November 1857 ) was a professor of Chemistry at the Royal Cork Institution from 1813 and professor of chemistry at the Royal Dublin Society from 1826 .
Edmund Davy FRS discovered acetylene , as it was later named by Marcellin Berthelot .
Edmund Davy FRS ( 1785 -- 5 November 1857 ) was a professor of Chemistry at the Royal Cork Institution from 1813 and professor of chemistry at the Royal Dublin Society from 1826 .