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Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey, OM FRS FRCP (/ ˈflɔːri /; 24 September 1898 – 21 February 1968) was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the development of penicillin.
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey (born Sept. 24, 1898, Adelaide, Australia—died Feb. 21, 1968, Oxford, Eng.) was an Australian pathologist who, with Ernst Boris Chain, isolated and purified penicillin (discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming) for general clinical use.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
While Alexander Fleming is often credited with discovering penicillin in 1928, Howard Walter Florey oversaw initial clinical trials and led the team that first produced large quantities of this antibiotic, which played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II.
- Robert A. Kyle, David P. Steensma, Marc A. Shampo
- 2015
Howard Walter Florey (1898–1968) and Ernst Boris Chain (1906–1979) were the scientists who followed up most successfully on Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, sharing with him the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 was awarded jointly to Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Born: 24 September 1898, Adelaide, Australia. Died: 21 February 1968, Oxford, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases”. Prize share: 1/3.
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