Alexander Fleming
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Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming in his laboratory at St Mary's, Paddington, London (1943).
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a Scottish physician and microbiologist, known for discovering the first broadly effective antibiotic, which he named penicillin, the "single greatest victory ever achieved over disease."
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in medicine (shared ) (1945)
"for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
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Born
6 August 1881 Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland
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Died
11 March 1955 (aged 73) London, England
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Known for
Discovery of penicillin and Lysozyme
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Fields
Bacteriology, immunology
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Alma mater
Royal Polytechnic Institution St Mary's Hospital Medical School Imperial College London
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Awards
FRS (1943) Knight Bachelor (1944) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1945) Nobel Prize (1945) FRSE FRCS(Eng)
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Citizenship
British
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1800+
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Resting place
St. Paul's Cathedral