Abstract
In 1936 at a Biochemical Congress at the London School of Hygiene, I saw a small man outside the lecture theatre, dressed in the thinnest possible American suit, shivering in the cold of an English summer. He was Michael Heidelberger, and I directed him to Oxford Street, where he bought his ‘warm’ English suit, of which he took the greatest care and wore on special occasions for many years afterwards. At that same meeting he held discussions with the late Sir Norman Haworth on carbohydrates, especially on uronic acids, and together they arranged that I should join Dr Heidelberger in New York the following year. Thus began our warm friendship which lasted for over 50 years. His home, 333 Central Park West, New York, was home for me and my family whenever we visited New York, and my home in Birmingham was similarly his home - not only for him but for his family - whenever they visited Britain.
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