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Abraham, Sir Edward Penley, 1913-1999 (English biochemist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 10 June 1913 - 8 May 1999

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1955

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.2
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and Edward Abraham, dated 1955. It relates to the supply of penicillinase to Abraham for work on cephalosporins and it includes Abraham's letter of 14 January 1955 referring to 'our new crystalline antibiotic ("C")', the newly discovered cephalosporin c.

Dates: 1955

Photographs from the 50th-anniversary of the first clinical use of penicillin reunion in Oxford

 Collection — Box CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1785
Scope and Contents

Five photographs from the reunion at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, marking the 50th-anniversary of the first clinical use of penicillin. The pictures show Sir Edward Abraham, Professor Charles Fletcher, Lady Florey, Dr. Norman Heatley, and Kenneth Jones. Also include high-quality copies on paper.

Dates: 1991