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Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [2] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.
Electrocardiography: Alexander Muirhead (1869) [143] [144] Discovery of Staphylococcus: Sir Alexander Ogston (1880) [145] Discovering insulin: John Macleod (1876–1935) with others [10] The discovery led him to be awarded the 1923 Nobel prize in Medicine. [146] Penicillin: Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) [9]
BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief/Getty Images. The brand-new project will hold a special meaning to Prince William due to the location. The Fleming Centre will be located at St Mary’s Hospital ...
Fleming is a surname of Irish, English, Scottish and German origin, likely indicating an ultimate descent from a Flemish immigrant, part of modern day Belgium. Military [ edit ]
Sample of penicillin mould presented by Alexander Fleming to Douglas Macleod in 1935. The discovery of penicillin was one of the most important scientific discoveries in the history of medicine. Ancient societies used moulds to treat infections and in the following centuries many people observed the inhibition of bacterial growth by moulds.
Sir Alexander Fleming: 1881–1955 microbiologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945 John Fleming: 1785–1857 naruralist: person after whom Fleming Fjord is named Williamina Fleming: 1857–1911 astronomer cataloguing of stars contributor, discoverer of the Horsehead Nebula: John Flett: 1869–1947 geologist
Alexander Fleming in his laboratory at St Mary's Hospital, London. While working at St Mary's Hospital, London in 1928, Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician was investigating the variation of growth in cultures of S. aureus. [21] In August, he spent the summer break with his family at his country home The Dhoon at Barton Mills, Suffolk.
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. Alexander Fleming may also refer to: Alexander Fleming (doctor) (1824–1875), Scottish doctor; Al Fleming (basketball) (1954–2003), American basketball player; Black Atlass (born Alex Fleming in 1994), Canadian singer-songwriter