Honor
Scheel and his wife Melida left an endowment which is used by the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin (PGzB, Physical Society in Berlin), a regional association of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physical Society), to yearly award the Karl-Scheel-Preis (Karl Scheel Prize), for outstanding scientific work.
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Famous quotes containing the word honor:
“The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”
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