Alexander Fleming Biography

Alexander Fleming biography

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NAME: Alexander Fleming
OCCUPATION: Biologist
BIRTH DATE: August 06, 1881
DEATH DATE: March 11, 1955
EDUCATION: Regent Street Polytechnic, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, University of London

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lochfield Farm, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland
PLACE OF DEATH: London, England

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Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist best known for his discovery of penicillin.

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Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist, famous for his discovery of penicillin. Flemming grew up on a farm. As a young man, he served in World War I in the Medical Corps, giving him an opportunity to witness the death of many soldiers from infected wounds. After the war, he accidentally discovered antibiotics. In 1945, he was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.