Title:

Letter from Simon Flexner to Michael Heidelberger

Creator:

Flexner, Simon

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Date:

11 August 1943

Description:

In this letter Flexner, the long-time director of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research and the former boss of both Heidelberger and the Nobel-prize winning immunologist Karl Landsteiner, made suggestions for an obituary of Landsteiner which Heidelberger was writing for publication in Science. Landsteiner died on June 26, 1943.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 21

Rights:

Courtesy of Michael Heidelberger.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Allergy and Immunology

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBGP

NLM ID:

101584940X95

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X95

Story Section:

Antigens and Antibodies: Heidelberger and The Rise of Quantitative Immunochemistry, 1928-1954