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

    Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.

    • 6 August 1881, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland

  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Alexander-FlemingAlexander Fleming | Biography, Education, Discovery, Nobel ...

    Mar 7, 2024 · Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist best known for his discovery of penicillin in 1928, which started the antibiotic revolution. He was recognized for that achievement in 1945, when he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Howard Walter Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.

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  5. www.acs.org › education › whatischemistryAlexander Fleming Discovery and Development of Penicillin ...

    In 1928, at St. Mary's Hospital, London, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. This discovery led to the introduction of antibiotics that greatly reduced the number of deaths from infection. Howard W. Florey, at the University of Oxford working with Ernst B. Chain, Norman G. Heatley and Edward P. Abraham, successfully took penicillin from ...

  6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesAlexander Fleming (1881–1955): Discoverer of penicillin

    Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognised for discovering penicillin. The simple discovery and use of the antibiotic agent has saved millions of lives, and earned Fleming – together with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, who devised methods for the large-scale isolation and production of penicillin – the 1945 ...

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    • Singapore Med J. 2015 Jul; 56(7): 366-367.

  7. www.biography.com › scientists › alexander-flemingAlexander Fleming - Penicillin, Quotes & Facts - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, receiving the Nobel Prize in 1945. Updated: May 27, 2021. Getty Images. (1881-1955) Who Was Alexander Fleming?...

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  9. www.pbs.org › newshour › healthThe real story behind penicillin | PBS NewsHour

    Sep 27, 2013 · Penicillin was discovered in London in September of 1928. As the story goes, Dr. Alexander Fleming, the bacteriologist on duty at St. Mary’s Hospital, returned from a summer vacation in...

  10. www.thoughtco.com › alexander-fleming-discoversAlexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin - ThoughtCo

    May 7, 2018 · Updated on May 07, 2018. In 1928, bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery from an already discarded, contaminated Petri dish. The mold that had contaminated the experiment turned out to contain a powerful antibiotic, penicillin.

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