Howard Florey

The Lord Florey
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an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, co-discoverer of penicillin
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
Howard Walter Florey 24 September 1898 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Died
21 February 1968 (aged 69) Oxford, England
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Nationality
Australian
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Known for
Discovery of penicillin
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Fields
Bacteriology, immunology
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Alma mater
University of Adelaide Magdalen College, Oxford Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society (1941) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1945) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945) Lister Medal (1945) Knight Bachelor Albert Medal (1946)
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Institutions
University of Adelaide University of Oxford University of Cambridge University of Sheffield Australian National University
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Britain
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Education
Scotch College, Adelaide, St Peter's College, Adelaide
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era
1800+
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Influences
Charles Sherrington

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