Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Oswald T. Avery
- Contributor(s):
- Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers Coburn, Alvin F. Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955
- Publication:
- Produced: 25 May 1943
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- In this letter Coburn--an associate of both Avery and noted English bacteriologist Fred Griffith--thanks Avery for his recent visit to the Coburn home. One of the first to hear of Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's discovery that DNA was the transforming substance, Coburn also made a gift to Avery of a photo of Griffith, whose work on bacterial transformation initiated Avery's interest on the subject. Griffith was killed early in World War II when his laboratory was destroyed during an air raid.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584575X520 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- CCBDBG
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X520
- Archival Collection:
- The Oswald T. Avery Collection (Profiles in Science)