On 19 August 1726 he entered Queens' College, Cambridge as a pensioner, where his relation, John Davies was president.
[2][3] Davies practised as a physician at Shrewsbury, and then at Bath, Somerset, where he died at the beginning of 1762.
Elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 8 June 1738, he withdrew two years later.
His will, bearing date 11 December 1743, was proved on 6 March 1762 by his widow, Jane.
[2] Davies was the author of:[2] He published a dissertation, Tables of Specific Gravities, with Observations, in vol.