Letter from Edward Mellanby, Medical Research Council of Great Britain to Michael Heidelberger

Digital Record

Identifier: 101584940X199

Staff Only

Digital Object (text)

Dates

30 July 1947

Extent

2 Pages

Description

In this letter, the secretary of the Medical Research Council, the main public sponsor of biomedical research in the United Kingdom, inquired whether Heidelberger would accept an offer to become director of an immunological research institute the MRC was establishing outside London. The offer was an expression of the high esteem accorded Heidelberger by his scientific colleagues.