Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 - 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. Fleming published many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known achievements are the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1922 and isolation of the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus "Penicillium notatum" in 1945, for which he shared a Nobel Prize with Florey and Chain. Wikipedia
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Sir Alexander Fleming won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of Penicillin - as well as the antibiotic substance lysozyme - which have both been used to save millions of lives since. www.importantscots.com/sir-alexander-fleming.htm
Sir Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland on August 6th, 1881. He attended Louden Moor School, Darvel School, and Kilmarnock Academy before moving to London where he attended the Polytechnic. He spent four years in a www.nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1945/fleming-bio.html
With his almost accidental discovery of Penicillin and the resulting millions of lives saved from its practical use, Alexander Flemings work has gone down in history as one the most significant contributions to all mankind. www.biographyshelf.com/alexander_fleming_biography.html
