Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) [2] was a Scottish physician and microbiologist He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases " [3]
Alexander Fleming | Biography, Education, Discovery, Nobel Prize . . . Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist best known for his discovery of penicillin in 1928, which started the antibiotic revolution He was recognized for that achievement in 1945, when he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Howard Walter Florey and Ernst Boris Chain
Sir Alexander Fleming – Biographical - NobelPrize. org He named the active substance penicillin Sir Alexander wrote numerous papers on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy, including original descriptions of lysozyme and penicillin They have been published in medical and scientific journals
Alexander Fleming - Science History Institute In 1928 Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) discovered penicillin, though he did not realize the full significance of his discovery for at least another decade He eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945
The Penicillin Pioneer: Alexander Fleming’s Journey to a Medical . . . Alexander Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist, is celebrated for his serendipitous discovery of penicillin in 1928 (Figure 1) His work marked a turning point in medical history, leading to the development of the first proper antibiotic
Sir Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin Well that's exactly what happened on 28 September 1928, when Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish microbiologist, found a substance called penicillin that transformed the history of medicine
Alexander Fleming - Biography, Facts and Pictures Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, whose use as an antibiotic has saved untold millions of lives Less well-known is that before making this world-changing discovery, he had already made significant life-saving contributions to medical science