 "Bucks Herald (Aylesbury, England)")
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Living in the lap of luxury.
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THE director of Hartwell House, Jonathan Thompson, is unwilling to divulge the names of the many celebrities he has welcomed over the years.
He wants to protect all his guests' privacy, he explains, although he confirms that numerous politicians, actors, pop stars and other distinguished people have stayed there.
But his reluctance to go into greater detail also stems from his keeness to dispel the notion that Hartwell is the sole preserve of the rich and famous.
"That is the biggest challenge," he admits. "People perceive Hartwell as being ...
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Breaking the mould; Modest pioneer: Penicillin discoverer Sir Alexander Fleming described his fame as a 'myth'.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...1938 that Australian biochemist Howard Walter Florey organiseda large and skilled research...drug to begin testing on animals. Florey and his team soon realised that...little interest, so Heatley and Florey set sail to New York in1941, taking...
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Many made contributions to discovery of penicillin
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Oxford, England, directed by Howard Walter Florey, an Australian, and Ernest Boris...effects. This failure almost ended Florey and Chain's pursuit of pure penicillin...researchers had very little penicillin, Florey and Chain decided to give the policeman...
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Science friction
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo
; ...contribution of Australian doctor Howard Walter Florey, who, a little over a decade...World War. It also details how Florey refused to patent it for commercial...Wire's Dominic West, who plays Howard Walter Florey, with John Sessions...
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There's Mold in Them There Pills; Penicillin Is a Product of Luck and a Lot of Hard Science
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...and took up the challenge, most notably Howard Walter Florey and Ernest Chain and N.G. Heatley. Florey served as the clinician, Chain and Heatley as the chemists in their Oxford labs. Florey and associates noted that since 80 percent...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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DIGITAL.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...the story of Australian doctor Howard Walter Florey, who a little over a decade later...World War. It also details how Florey refused to patent it for commercial...Dominic West, above, who plays Howard Walter Florey, and John Sessions...
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Greatest hits.(Nonfiction)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine
; ...penicillin and you get a tiny sense of how Howard Walter Florey may have felt. In The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of Penicillin and the...were interested in suffering humanity," Florey said years later. "I don't think it...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...pilot, 1910. Deaths: Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, 1677; Jethro Tull, agricultural writer, 1741; Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey, pathologist, 1968. On this day: the New Statesman was founded, 1931; identity cards were abolished...
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...crash 1941; Jacques Becker, film director, 1960; Malcolm X (Little), black leader, murdered 1965; Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey, pathologist, 1968; Louis Hayward (Seafield Grant), actor, 1985; Shigechiyo Izumi, a Japanese...
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Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...Renato Dulbecco, United States; Howard Martin Temin, United States. 1974...Showalter Hench, United States. 1949 -- Walter Rudolf Hess, Switzerland; Antonio...Boris Chain, United Kingdom; Sir Howard Walter Florey, Unit
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Biopartnering Down Under
Magazine article from: Biopharm International
; ...distinguished list of Australian Nobel Prize winners. In 1945, Howard Walter Florey was awarded the prize for his discovery of the curative...Center for Cellular Growth Factors (CRC-CGF) and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Res
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