Born:
August 6, 1881
Died:
March 11, 1955
Age:
73
Summary

Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist, physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world's first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy.

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Fleming (centre) receiving the Nobel prize from King Gustaf V of Sweden (right) in 1945
Fleming (centre) receiving the Nobel prize from King Gustaf V of Sweden (right) in 1945
 
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