Alexander Fleming Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(Eng) (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.
Robert Fleming, Thomas Fleming, Hugh Fleming, Jane Fleming, Mary Fleming, John Fleming, Grace Fleming
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium, Albert Medal
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Fact
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Had an older half brother, Tom Fleming, from his father's first marriage.
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Father of Robert Fleming (b. 1924).
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Son of Hugh Fleming and Grace Morton.
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He won the 1945 Nobel prize for Medicine and Physiology for his discovery of penicillin. He shared it with Howard W. Florey and Ernst B. Chain who helped develop it as an antibiotic.
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Year
Status
Character
Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Modern Marvels
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years
$20 Million