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

    Sep 25, 2018 · Alexander Fleming (or his father) did not save Churchill's life twice, or even once. Tracking the origins of a persistent Churchillian myth.

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

    Aug 9, 1999 · In short, Alexander Fleming was neither present nor consulted when Churchill was diagnosed with pneumonia, nor was penicillin used to treat the British prime minister.

  5. winstonchurchill.org › resources › mythsSir Alexander Fleming Twice Saved Churchill's Life

    Aug 29, 2008 · Winston Churchill at Harrow, © Churchill Archives, Broadwater Collection. The Churchill-Fleming Non-Connection: The story that Sir Alexander Fleming or his father (the renditions vary) saved Churchill’s life has roared around the Internet for years. Charming as it is, it is certainly fiction.

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

    Jan 11, 2020 · 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.

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

    According to the biography, Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution by Kevin Brown, Alexander Fleming, in a letter to his friend and colleague Andre Gratia, described this as "A wondrous fable." Nor did he save Winston Churchill himself during World War II.

    • 6 August 1881, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland

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

    Aug 30, 2021 · August 30, 2021. Q. Did Sir Alexander Fleming save Churchill’s life? A. No. 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.

  10. www.truthorfiction.com › churchillWinston Churchill's life saved by a doctor whom Churchill's ...

    Mar 17, 2015 · The Truth: According to the Winston Churchill center in Washington, D.C., this is a myth. There is no evidence these events ever happened. Churchill’s official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, says there’s no record of Churchill nearly drowning or of his father paying for Fleming’s education.