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Plate VII: Sir Alexander Fleming, 1954

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(1881-1955), British bacteriologist. Born in Scotland, he was educated at the University of London and St. Mary's Medical School, where he subsequently became Professor of Bacteriology. He was also the Rector of the University of Edinburgh, and the head of the Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology. He received numerous honours, awards and honorary degrees, and he was knighted in 1944. Fleming discovered lysozyme in bacteria in 1922, and penicillin... in 1929. In 1945 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine (together with Chain and Florey).

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  • Creation: 1954

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(1881-1955), British bacteriologist. Born in Scotland, he was educated at the University of London and St. Mary's Medical School, where he subsequently became Professor of Bacteriology. He was also the Rector of the University of Edinburgh, and the head of the Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology. He received numerous honours, awards and honorary degrees, and he was knighted in 1944. Fleming discovered lysozyme in bacteria in 1922, and penicillin... in 1929. In 1945 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine (together with Chain and Florey).

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