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

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   Sep 25, 2018 · 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.

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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 · No Churchill biography we've found mentions young Winston's chance encounter with a Fleming, father or son. Alexander Fleming was born in a remote, rural part of Scotland and lived on an 800-acre ...

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

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   Aug 29, 2008 · See Churchill: Taken from the Diaries of Lord Moran (Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1966), p. 335.” 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 ...

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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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   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.

   Did Alexander Fleming's Father Save Winston Churchill from Drowning

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   Was Alexander Fleming younger than Winston Churchill?

   • Alexander Fleming was seven years younger than Churchill. If he was plowing a field at say age 13, Churchill would have been 20. There is no record of Churchill nearly drowning in Scotland at that or any other age. Nor is there record of Lord Randolph paying for Alexander’s education.

   Urban Myths: "Alexander Fleming Twice Saved Churchill's Life"

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   Did Churchill's father pay for Fleming's education?

   • The popular story of Winston Churchill's father paying for Fleming's education after Fleming's father saved young Winston from death is false.

   Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia

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

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   Jan 11, 2020 · The first part of the sto­ry often adds that in grat­i­tude for Alex’s sav­ing Winston’s life, Lord Ran­dolph Chrchill paid for his educ­tion. It is all imag­i­nary. Offi­cial biog­ra­ph­er Sir Mar­tin Gilbert notes that the ages of Churchill and Flem­ing (or Fleming’s father) do not sup­port the idea. Alexan­der Flem­ing ...

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 ...

   • Died: 11 March 1955 (aged 73), London, England
   • Resting place: St Paul's Cathedral

   • Born: 6 August 1881, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland

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9. winstonchurchill.org › personal-lifePersonal Life - International Churchill Society

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   Aug 30, 2021 · The Churchill-Fleming Non-Connection goes like this. The story that Sir Alexander Fleming or his father (the renditions vary) saved Churchill’s life has been roaring around the Internet for a long while now. We get frequent emails asking about this story. Charming as it is, it is certainly fiction.