Title:

Letter from Torbjorn Caspersson to Joshua Lederberg

Creator:

Caspersson, Torbjo?rn (Torbjo?rn Oskar), 1910-1997

Recipient:

Lederberg, Joshua

Date:

20 October 1972

Description:

In this letter to Lederberg, Caspersson wrote that he could not release any information on the Nobel Foundation's consideration of Avery as all such materials were confidential. Caspersson related that due to the war, most scientists in Sweden did not learn of Avery's work until sometime after 1945.

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 2

Rights:

Courtesy of Joshua Lederberg.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Nobel Prize and Warfare

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Torbjorn Caspersson, 1972

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

CCBBDJ

NLM ID:

101584575X510

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X510

Story Section:

After the Discovery: The Transforming Principle's Reception by the Scientific Community