Alexander Fleming
1881 – 1955 United Kingdom
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Who was Alexander Fleming?
Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928, revolutionizing medicine and saving millions of lives. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this groundbreaking antibiotic discovery.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Fleming (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Family & Personal Life
ParentHugh Fleming
ParentGrace Morton
SpouseAmalia Fleming
SpouseSarah Marion McElroy
ChildRobert Fleming
Awards & Honors
| Award | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 1945 | for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases |
| Knight Bachelor | 1944 | — |
| Actonian Prize | 1949 | — |
| Albert Medal | 1946 | — |
| honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense | 1948 | — |
| honorary doctorate of the University of Graz | — | — |
| Honorary doctor of the University of Liège | — | — |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1943 | — |
| Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | — | — |
| Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | — | — |
| Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London | — | — |
| Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise | 1948 | — |
| Moxon Medal | — | — |
| Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh | — | — |
| Commander of the Legion of Honour | 1946 | — |
| Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi | 1945 | — |
| John Scott Award | 1944 | — |
| doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris | 1945 | — |
| honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux | 1954 | — |
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