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  1. Born on 6 August 1881 at Lochfield farm near Darvel, in Ayrshire, Scotland, Alexander Fleming was the third of four children of farmer Hugh Fleming (1816–1888) and Grace Stirling Morton (1848–1928), the daughter of a neighbouring farmer. Hugh Fleming had four surviving children from his first marriage. He was 59 at the time of his second ...

  2. Apr 15, 1984 · ALEXANDER FLEMING . The Man and the Myth. By Gwyn Macfarlane. Illustrated. 304 pp. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. $20. ... One of Fleming's older brothers, Tom, had become an ...

  3. Nov 1, 1995 · Hardcover – November 1, 1995. by Tom Alexander Sr. (Author), Tom Alexander (Editor), Jane Alexander (Editor) 4.8 7 ratings. See all formats and editions. Mountain Fever chronicles one man's love affair with a region, its unique and vanishing human culture, and its verdant natural history.

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  5. I only discovered it by accident .”. Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognised for discovering penicillin. The simple discovery and use of the antibiotic agent has saved millions of lives, and earned Fleming – together with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, who devised methods for the large-scale isolation and ...

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  6. Shipping. Thomas W. Alexander, Sr. (19001972) was a forester, outdoorsman, farmer, raconteur, writer, and resort owner who is prominently identified with the Great Smoky Mountains. Beginning with a humble fishing camp, he and his wife went on to found Cataloochee Ranch.

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  7. In 1928 Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) discovered penicillin, though he did not realize the full significance of his discovery for at least another decade. He eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945. As far back as the 19th century, antagonism between certain bacteria and molds had been observed, and a name was ...

  8. May 13, 2024 · Alexander Fleming (born August 6, 1881, Lochfield Farm, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland—died March 11, 1955, London, England) was a Scottish bacteriologist best known for his discovery of penicillin. Fleming had a genius for technical ingenuity and original observation.

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