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1. winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu › alexander-Charming but Fanciful: The Fleming-Churchill Myth

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   Sep 25, 2018 · In a chapter entitled “The Power of Kindness,” Churchill is saved from drowning in a Scottish lake by Alexander Fleming himself. A few years later Churchill telephones Alex to say that his parents, in gratitude, will sponsor Alex’s medical school education.

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3. www.snopes.com › fact-check › what-goes-aroundDid Alexander Fleming's Father Save Winston Churchill from ...

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   Aug 9, 1999 · The father of Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, saved a young Winston Churchill from drowning; in gratitude Churchill's father paid for Fleming's education. Rating: False

4. winstonchurchill.org › resources › mythsSir Alexander Fleming Twice Saved Churchill’s Life

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   Aug 29, 2008 · According to Keeney, Churchill is saved from drowning in a Scottish lake by a farm boy named Alex. A few years later Churchill telephones Alex to say that his parents, in gratitude, will sponsor Alex’s otherwise unaffordable medical school education.

5. winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu › alexander-flemingFleming and Churchill (Karsh, 1941) - Hillsdale College

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   Sep 10, 2018 · The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College > Articles > Truths and Heresies > Churchill's Youth > Charming but Fanciful: The Fleming-Churchill Myth > Fleming and Churchill (Karsh, 1941)

6. richardlangworth.com › flemingUrban Myths: "Alexander Fleming Twice Saved Churchill's Life"

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   Jan 11, 2020 · Fake Quotes, FAQs, Research Topics. Alexander Fleming, Ken HIrsch, Lord Randolph Churchill, Martin Gilbert, penicillin, Winston S. Churchill. It is not true that Alexander Fleming saved Churchill twice: from drowning as a boy, and, with penicillin, from pneumonia in 1943.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alexander_FlemingAlexander Fleming - Wikipedia

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   The popular story of Winston Churchill's father paying for Fleming's education after Fleming's father saved young Winston from death is false. According to the biography, Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution by Kevin Brown , Alexander Fleming, in a letter [99] to his friend and colleague Andre Gratia, [100] described ...

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   Did Alexander Fleming save a young Winston Churchill from drowning?

   • The man's name was Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill's father. So, Alexander Fleming's father saved a young Winston Churchill from drowning in a bog. Or young Alexander Fleming himself saved a young Winston Churchill from drowning in a swimming hole.

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   Did Churchill deny Alexander Fleming?

   • According to the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge, Churchill publicly denied the Fleming story in 1946. This bit of netsam aside, Alexander Fleming's life has already been the subject of considerable mythologizing.

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   Did Alexander Fleming save Churchill?

   • Fleming and Churchill (Karsh, 1941) The story that Alexander Fleming (or Alex and his father Hugh) twice saved Churchill’s life, charming as it may be, is certainly fiction. This persistent Churchill legend dates back to World War II. It is still found today on otherwise serious websites, despite abundant evidence against it.

   Charming but Fanciful: The Fleming-Churchill Myth - Hillsdale College

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   How old was Alexander Fleming when he was plowing a field?

   • Official biographer Sir Martin Gilbert adds that the ages of Churchill and Fleming (or Fleming’s father) do not support the various accounts circulated; Alexander Fleming was seven years younger than Churchill. If he was plowing a field at say age 13, Churchill would have been 20.

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9. winstonchurchill.org › resources › referencePersonal Life - International Churchill Society

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   Aug 30, 2021 · Official biographer Sir Martin Gilbert adds that the ages of Churchill and Fleming (or Fleming’s father) do not support the various accounts circulated; Alexander Fleming was seven years younger than Churchill. If he was plowing a field at say age 13, Churchill would have been 20.