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Letter from Hermann Staudinger to Georg Bredig

  • 1925-Oct-21

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Thank you letter from Hermann Staudinger (1881-1965) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Staudinger was an organic chemist and Nobel Prize winner. He received the 1953 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry. He demonstrated the existence of macromolecules known today as polymers. The result was the basis for the development of synthetic materials like plastics.

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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 54

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Staudinger, Hermann. “Letter from Hermann Staudinger to Georg Bredig,” October 21, 1925. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 54. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/sxgysa4.

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Hochgeehrter Herr College,

Für die liebenswürdige Einladung danke ich Ihnen und Ihrer Frau Gemahlin herzlich. Ich werde gerne derselben Folge lenken.

Mit verbindlichsten Grüssen,
Ihr H. Staudinger

Zürich, 21. Oct. 1925

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Dear Colleague,

Many thanks to you and your wife for the kind invitation. I will gladly accept again.

Best regards,
H. Staudinger

Zurich, 21 October 1925

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Bredig's hand: Staudinger

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