Frédéric JOLIOT-CURIE has just been elected to the Academy of Sciences.  

Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900.1958)

Autographed letter signed to Madame Alice Delattre.

An octavo page on paper from the Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory at the Collège de France.

Paris, July 15, 1943. Autographed envelope, stamped and postmarked.

Beautiful letter from the French chemist newly elected to the Academy of Sciences.

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 “Dear friend, thank you so much for your kind letter of congratulations. You are too kind for me! I was very happy to please my niece. Mother and Marguerite [her sister Marguerite] are currently resting at my home in Sceaux, and we are very happy to be together as a family. Mother is enjoying her grandchildren all day, and this stay is doing her a world of good, both mentally and physically. I received a lovely letter from your son. I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you soon. With warmest regards, F. Joliot.”

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Frédéric was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Sciences in June 1943.