The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Title:: [Fred Griffith and "Bobby"]

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Description:

This photograph is one of the few remaining of the English microbiologist who was killed in the Blitz in London in 1941. Although Griffith and Avery never met, the two scientists greatly respected each other's work on pneumococci transformation. Inscription on reverse reads "Snap-shot of Dr. Fred. Griffith and "Bobby" on the Downs near Brighton from Al Coburn."

Number of Image Pages:

1 (45,270 Bytes)

Date Supplied:

1936

Creator:

[Coburn, Alvin F.]

Rights:

Courtesy of Joshua Lederberg.

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Exhibit Category:

Shifting Focus: Early Work on Bacterial Transformation, 1928-1940

Relation:

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Oswald T. Avery (May 25, 1943)

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (September 28, 1965)

[Oswald T. Avery] [March 1943]

[Avery with Alvin Coburn's son, Tim] [March 1943]

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (November 9, 1965)

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (November 19, 1965)

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (March 21, 1966)

Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Alvin F. Coburn (April 1, 1966)

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (April 20, 1966)

Box Number: 5

Folder Number: 10

Unique Identifier:

CCAABN

Document Type:

Photographic prints

Format:

image/jpeg

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Series: Photographs, 1923-1985

Folder: Frederick Griffith, n.d.

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2006-12-11

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