Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia
Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [2] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, …
Alexander Fleming | Biography, Education, Discovery, Nobel ...
Dec 31, 2025 · 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 …
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 …
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 …
The American Association of Immunologists - Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming was awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various …
A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Alexander Fleming
Fleming presented his findings in 1929, but raised little interest. He published a report on penicillin and its potential uses in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology.
Sir Alexander Fleming | RCP Museum
Innumerable honours were conferred upon Fleming in the last ten years of his life. He was knighted in 1944, and was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine, jointly with Sir Howard (later Lord) Florey and …