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Sir Alexander Fleming 1881-1955, Scottish bacteriologist, discoverer of penicillin (1928) and lysozyme (1922), an antibacterial substance found in saliva and other body secretions. Educated at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Univ. of London, where he later became professor of bacteriology, he published many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Ernst B. Chain and Sir Howard W. Florey for work on penicillin. Fleming was knighted in 1944.

Bibliography: See biography by G. MacFarlane (1985).

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Fleming, Sir Alexander (1881–1955) British bacteriologist, born in Scotland. He studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London, where he remained all his life. In 1922 he identified lysozyme, an enzyme that destroys bacteria, and in 1928 discovered the antibiotic penicillin. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Florey and Chain, who first isolated the drug.

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