Humphry

Humphry is a masculine given name and surname. It comes from the Old Germanic name Hunfrid, which means "friend of the hun". The name may refer to:

People[]

First name[]

• Humphry Berkeley (1926–1994), British politician
• Humphry Bowen (1929–2001), British botanist and chemist
• Humphry Davy (1778–1829), British scientist
• Humphry Ditton (1675–1715), British mathematician
• Humphry Garratt (1898–1974), British cricket player
• Humphry Knipe (born 1941), South African writer
• Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth (1888–1962), British police officer
• Humphry Marshall (1722–1801), American botanist
• Humphry Morice (1671–1731), British banker
• Humphry Osmond (1917–2004), British psychiatrist
• Humphry Repton (1752–1818), British landscape designer
• Humphry Rolleston (1862–1944), British physician
• Thomas Humphry Ward (1845–1926), British writer
• Humphry William Woolrych (1795–1871), British lawyer and writer

Surname[]

• C.E. Humphry (1854–1925), British journalist
• Derek Humphry (born 1930), American writer
• George Humphry (1816–1867), British cricketer
• George Murray Humphry (1820–1896), British doctor and writer
• Jay Humphry (born 1948), Canadian figure skater
• Ozias Humphry (1742–1810), British painter
• William Gilson Humphry (1815–1886), British clergyman

Fiction[]

• Humphry Clinker, fictional character in the novel The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett

See also[]

• Humfrey, given name and surname
• Humphery, surname
• Humphrey, a more common spelling
• Humphreys (surname)
• Humphries, surname
• Humphrys, surname

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