Paul Ehrlich Foundation
- Date:
- 1959-1979
- Reference:
- PP/EBC/E.137-E.145
- Part of:
- Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Formal circular letters to members of the Council re meetings, recommendations and elections, etc. have been discarded as a complete record of deliberations is held at the Paul Ehrlich Foundation. The folders below contain correspondence addressed to and conducted by chain personally, including recommendations, elections and meetings in which he was actively concerned.
The correspondence is mainly conducted with scientific colleagues and with successive Secretaries of the Foundation, but also includes letters from members of the Ehrlich family.
An explanatory booklet about the Foundation is included for information in E.137.
Publication/Creation
1959-1979
Physical description
9 files
Biographical note
Chain was awarded the Paul Ehrlich Prize, and gave the Paul Ehrlich Lecture, in 1954, Ehrlich's Centenary Year (see A.90-A.94). This award gave him great pleasure. He became a member of the Council of the Foundation (Stiftungsrat) and played and active part in meetings of the Council and in the nomination and recommendation of candidates for prizes; he also whenever possible, attended the prize-giving ceremonies at Frankfurt on 14 March (Ehrlich's birthday).