Fleming, Sir Alexander
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Fleming, Sir Alexander (1881–1955). Discoverer of penicillin. A farmer's son from Ayrshire, Fleming moved to London at 13 and then went to St Mary's hospital for training in medicine. He was assistant to Sir Almroth Wright, working on bacteria. In 1928 he noticed that a culture of staphylococcus in his untidy laboratory was being attacked by a mould, which he isolated and grew. He had high hopes of it, but it was not until the Second World War with the work in Oxford of H. W. Florey and E. B. Chain that penicillin was purified to be clinically effective. The three shared a Nobel Prize in 1945.
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TIMES PAST: SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING HAS HIS PORTRAIT PAINTED
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 12/24/2002; 312 words
; SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING HAS HIS PORTRAIT PAINTED SIR Alexander Fleming, the Ayrshire man who discovered penicillin, poses for a portrait commissioned by the New York Academy of Sciences. The father of modern medicine made the monumental discovery...
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Scots penicillin pioneer 'invisible' in his home town; Life-saver: Sir Alexander Fleming.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...the lives of millions. Until Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, most serious...it could do more to recognise Fleming. EastAyrshire councillor Bobby...Theinventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) has...
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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); 9/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...penicillin was discovered by a Scot, Alexander Fleming, was it firstpatented in the...was madeby Scottish scientist Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928, but its development...came more than a decade later. Fleming was modest about his part in...
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TIMES PAST: SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, NEW YORK
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 8/9/2002; 277 words
; SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, NEW YORK TWO years ago, MSPs were asked to name the greatest...Labour Party founder Keir Hardie, they voted for Professor Sir Alexander Fleming, the Nobel Prize-winning discoverer of penicillin. His accidental...
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 "Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)")
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The great creator; Teesside's answer to Sir Alexander Fleming has created the perfect medicine for companies involved in the extraction of deep-water oil as JEZ DAVISON discoverer Interview of the Week.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 3/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...Profiler instrument believes that if consumers had rejected the idea of penicillin and the telephone, Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Alexander Graham Bell would never have carved their niche in history. And because of that, Peter claims the best...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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1000 years.. 1000 people; IT'S THE ULTIMATE AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LIST OF THE MILLENNIUM: 1000 PEOPLE WHO, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, HAVE CHANGED HISTORY IN THE PAST 1000 YEARS. IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, BUT OF ALL THE CONTENDERS, WE FINALLY PUT THE DISCOVERER OF PENICILLIN, SCOTSMAN SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING, ON TOP .. BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM SO MANY OF US WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TO GREET THE NEW MILLENNIUM.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/1/2000; 700+ words
; 1 Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) Scottish...centre of the universe 18 Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727...Italian physicist 23. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of...Michelangelo, Italian painter 32. Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer...
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Funeral of Sir Alexander Fleming: March 18th, 1955.(Months Past)
Magazine article from: History Today; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of the others involved. Alec Fleming was a Scots bacteriologist who...his mentor was the formidable Sir Almroth Wright. The discovery...came in September 1928, when Fleming was forty-seven. His account...commonly found on bread, and Fleming called the liquid from it penicillin...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1955: Alexander Fleming Dies
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/12/2005; 324 words
; ...Tribune 03-12-2005 LONDON: Sir Alexander Fleming, 73, died suddenly today [March...bed at his Chelsea home. Lady Fleming, a Greek war heroine and scientist...bacteria from an aluminum wire. Sir Alexander identified the mold as belonging...
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Great Scottish Scientists: Number 2: Alexander Fleming Ayrshire son of the soil who broke the mould to discover penicillin
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the world. Florey, Chain and Fleming shared the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1945 but it was Fleming - by then Sir Alexander - who became the international...unassuming man - who spoke of the "Fleming myth" - had a song dedicated...
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THE FAMILY WHO WERE HAPPY TO BE FLEMING'S GUINEA PIGS
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 10/25/2000; ; 700+ words
; SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING frequently used his family...in 1995 a sample that Fleming originally gave to his...000. Another, which Fleming gave to Scottish gynaecologist...in 1997 for 14,950. Sir Alexander, born in Lochfield, Ayrshire...
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Sir Alexander Fleming
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Alexander Fleming The Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) is best known for his discovery of penicillin, which has been hailed as "the greatest contribution medical science ever made to humanity." Alexander Fleming...
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Fleming, Sir Alexander
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
Fleming, Sir Alexander Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) was one of three men who discovered and developed the first antibiotic, penicillin. Fleming was born on a farm in Scotland and worked in a shipping company as a youth. He hated the work...
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Fleming, Alexander
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Fleming, Alexander ( b . Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland...England, 11 March 1955) bacteriology . Sir Alexander Fleming ’ s professional career...Descended from Lowland farmers, Alexander was the third of four children born...
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Florey, Sir Howard Walter
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
Florey, Sir Howard Walter Howard Walter Florey...Chain brought to Florey's attention Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)'s writings on how...Nobel Prize in medicine with Chain and Fleming, Florey traveled to the United States...
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Sir Sandford Fleming
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) was a Scottish...imperial, and public causes. Sandford Fleming was born on Jan. 7, 1827, at...s Conservative administration to Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal regime. Fleming...
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