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Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS (English: Sir Alexander Fleming, August 6, 1881 - March 11, 1955) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist. He discovered lysozyme in 1923 and penicillin in 1928. This discovery created the field of antibiotics and made him famous around the world. In 1945, he, Flory and Chain won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on penicillin.
- Category
- Scientists
- Nationality
- U.K.
- Born
- 1881-08-06
- Died
- 1955-03-11
- Wikidata
- Q37064
