I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

- Humphry Davy

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In honor of Sir Humphry Davy, The Royal Society of London awards the Davy Medal along with 2,000 British Pounds every year since 1877. Candidates would have made an important contribution in any branch in the field of chemistry in order to be nominated.

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