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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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   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. Most of us are familiar ...

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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. Alex graduates with honors and in 1928 discovers that certain bacteria cannot grow in certain ...

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   Jan 22, 2018 · In the movie, Clementine accurately describes the toll it took on the family when she is at home toasting his appointment as PM. -The Telegraph. Despite Winston Churchill's wife Clementine coming in second to politics, she remained an unwavering constant who always stood by him. Churchill's wife says they're broke.

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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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   Who saved Winston Churchill from drowning?

   • (Getty Images/ Hulton Deutsch; Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) (Image Via Getty Images/ Hulton Deutsch; Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) 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.

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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.

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7. slate.com › culture › 2017What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Darkest Hour, the Winston ...

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   Dec 8, 2017 · Focus Features and Imperial War Museums. Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour is a piece of historical fiction that undertakes a serious historical task: to present Winston Churchill and the British people ...

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8. 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 ...

9. time.com › 5031642Darkest Hour: True Story Behind Winston Churchill Movie | TIME

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   Nov 22, 2017 · The True Story Behind the Winston Churchill Biopic Darkest Hour. 6 minute read. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivering his first radio broadcast as Prime Minister on May 13, 1940.