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Alexander Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases". This was the first antibiotic substance discovered. His discovery in 1928…

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Known for
Discovery of penicillin and lysozyme
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945) · Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1945) · Actonian Prize (1949)
Education
Royal Polytechnic Institution · St Mary's Hospital Medical School
Born
(1881-08-06)6 August 1881 Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died
11 March 1955(1955-03-11) (aged 73) London, England
Fields
Bacteriology · immunology

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Alexander Fleming → Actonian Prize (1949), Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1945), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945)
Education · 2
Alexander Fleming → Royal Polytechnic Institution, St Mary's Hospital Medical School
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Alexander Fleming → Bacteriology, immunology
Born · 1
Alexander Fleming → (1881-08-06)6 August 1881 Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died · 1
Alexander Fleming → 11 March 1955(1955-03-11) (aged 73) London, England

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