He was educated at a very good school. 他在一所極好的學校受教育。
Son of a blacksmith, he received only a basic education in a church Sunday school, but went to work as an assistant to Humphry Davy, from whom he learned chemistry. 鐵匠之子,僅在教堂的主日學校受過基礎教育,但後來擔任德維的助理,從他那裡習得化學知識。