Letter from Otto Meyerhof with related papers

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MS. Misc. 5, fols. 1-4

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Letter from Otto Meyerhof in Maine to Hugh Blaschko, 21 Aug 1949, mentioning Meyerhof's 65th birthday and his work, with typescript Easter poem, 1951, and printed obituary of Meyerhof, 1952.

Dates

Creation: 1949-1952

Extent

4 Leaves

Language of Materials

German

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Misc. 5, fol. 1].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Misc. 5, fols. 1-4

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 24240

Additional Description

Abstract

Letter from Otto Meyerhof with related papers, 1949-1952.

Biographical / Historical

Otto Meyerhof (1884-1951) was a German biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1923. He left Germany in 1938, eventually settling in the USA where he became a citizen in 1946. For further information see the American National Biography.

Hugh Blaschko (1900-1993) was a German biochemist and pharmacologist who worked with Otto Meyerhof in Berlin and Heidelberg from 1925 to 1932. He left Germany for the UK in 1933 and worked at the University of Oxford from 1944. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Custodial History

The letter and other folios were tipped into a book from the library of Hugh Blaschko which had been donated to the History of Medicine Library: Metabolism and Function. A collection of papers dedicated to Otto Meyerhof on the occasion of his 65th birthday edited by D. Nachmansohn (1950), shelfmark QP171.M38 MET 1950.