Telegram from Ludwig Benda, Science Service to Oswald T. Avery

Title:
Telegram from Ludwig Benda, Science Service to Oswald T. Avery
Creator:
Benda, Ludwig
Science Service
Recipient:
Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955
Date:
28 December 1932
Description:
In this telegram, Benda informed Avery that he had been awarded the Paul Ehrlich Gold Medal for his research on the structure of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides. Benda asked that Avery also inform his colleague Michael Heidelberger that he was awarded the "Silver Cast" award for the same research. Incidentally, shortly before Ehrlich's death, Benda was a chemist and associate of Ehrlich at Farbwerke Cassella near Frankfurt.
Original Repository:
Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Science Service.
Genre:
Telegrams
Format:
Text
Extent:
1 pages
Language:
German
Legacy Source Citation:
Original Repository. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers. 361
Legacy ID:
CCGMDL
NLM ID:
101584575X567
Profiles Collection:
The Oswald T. Avery Collection
Shareable Link:
https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X567
Story Section:
Biographical Information