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

    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 ...

    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. www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org › never-give-inAmerica’s National Churchill Museum | Never Give In, Never ...

    When Churchill visited Harrow on October 29 to hear the traditional songs again, he discovered that an additional verse had been added to one of them. It ran: "Not less we praise in darker days. The leader of our nation, And Churchill's name shall win acclaim. From each new generation. For you have power in danger's hour.

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

    Aug 29, 2008 · In 1943 when Churchill becomes ill in the Near East, Alex’s invention, penicillin, is flown out to effect his cure. Thus once again Alexander Fleming saves the life of Winston Churchill.

  7. 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

  8. teachingamericanhistory.org › document › never-give-in’Never Give In!’ | Teaching American History

    The leader of our nation, And Churchill’s name shall win acclaim. From each new generation. For you have power in danger’s hour. Our freedom to defend, Sir! Though long the fight we know that right. Will triumph in the end, Sir!’. To the Headmaster’s dismay, Churchill upbraided him for the reference to ’darker’ days, proclaiming ...

  9. www.commonlit.org › en › textsWinston Churchill's "Never Give In" Speech - CommonLit

    These are not dark days; these are great days — the greatest days our country has ever lived; and we must all thank God that we have been allowed, each of us according to our stations, to play a part in making these days memorable in the history of our race. Q 3. Winston Churchill's 'Never Give In' Speech by Prime Minister Winston Churchill ...