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Letter from Leonor Michaelis to Georg Bredig

  • 1935-Feb-15

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Leonor Michaelis (1875-1949) thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending him birthday wishes.

Michaelis was a German physical chemist who is best known for his work on enzymes.

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series I. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 2, Folder 21

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Leonor Michaelis and Maud Leonora Menten

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Michaelis, Leonor. “Letter from Leonor Michaelis to Georg Bredig,” February 15, 1935. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 21. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/f6z3boq.

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THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
66TH STREETAND YORK AVENUE
NEW YORK
d. 15. Februar 1935

Sehr verehrter Herr Geheimrat,

Für Ihre sehr liebenswürdige Glückwünsche zu meinem Geburtstag möchte ich Ihnen aus vollem Herzen meinen besten Dank aussprechen. Die mir gesollte Anerkennung fasse ich als einen Ausdruck Ihrer wohlwollenden Gesinnung auf. Dass meine kleinen Beiträge zur Wissenschaft gerade Ihre Aufmerksamkeit erweckt haben, ist ein erhebendes Gefühl mich. Ihre Arbeiten waren so sehr bestimmend für meinen Arbeitsgang, dass ich mich als Ihren Schüler betrachten kann.

Ihre Empfehlung des Herrn Kollegen Morse werde ich angeben sein lassen.

Mit ergebensten Grüßen,
Ihr Leonor Michaelis

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THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
66TH STREETAND YORK AVENUE
NEW YORK

15 February 1935

Dear Privy Councilor,

I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks for your very kind well-wishes on my birthday. Your correspondence is evidence of your benevolent nature. I am delighted that my small contributions to science caught your attention. Your work was so decisive to my own career development that I consider myself your student.

I will convey your regards to my colleague, Mr. Morse.

Sincerely,
Leonor Michaelis

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