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Letter from Theodor Curtius to Rosa Bredig

  • 1910-Feb-28

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Theodor Curtius (1857-1928) invites Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to a celebration to bid the Bredigs farewell. Georg was an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg from 1901 through 1910. In 1910 he was offered a position as a full professor at the Technische Hochschule, Zurich, and left Heidelberg.

Throughout his career, Curtius was a professor of chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, the director of the analytical chemistry department at the University of Erlangen, and a chair of chemistry at the University of Kiel. He published the Curtius rearrangement in 1890 and also discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine, and hydrazoic acid.

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series I. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 1, Folder 26

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Curtius, Theodor. “Letter from Theodor Curtius to Rosa Bredig,” February 28, 1910. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 1, Folder 26. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/swnqc9l.

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Heidelberg 28. Febr. 1910

Sehr verehrte Frau Professor Bredig!

Sie würden mir eine ganz besondere Freude bereiten, wenn Sie mit Ihrem Manne am Mittwoch Abend als meine Gäste an dem Abschiedienen teilnehmen würden. Er wird auch Ihnen auch den Schmerz der Trennung von Heidelberg erleichtern, wenn Sie Zeuge sind, wie ungern wir das Ehepaar Bredig scheiden sehen. Also bitte, bitte kommen Sie!

Mit herzlichem Gruss Ihr sehr ergebener
Theodor Curtius

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Heidelberg, 28 February 1910

Dear Mrs. Bredig,

I would be very glad if you and your husband would attend the farewell celebration on Wednesday evening as my guests. It will also alleviate the anguish of leaving Heidelberg when you witness how reluctant we are to say goodbye. Please come!

Sincerely,
Theodor Curtius

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