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Alexander Fleming

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Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(Eng) (6 August 1881, in Lochfield, Ayrshire11 Mairch 1955, in Lunnon) wis a Scots biologist an pharmacologist faur-kent for diskiverin the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 an the antibiotic penicieelin in 1928, for which he shaired the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.[1]

A plaque wis pit at the locus o his laboratory at St Mary's hospital, Lunnon.[2]

Flemming laboratory

His eemage was makit intae a stained gless windae in St. James kirk, Sussex gardens, Paddington.[3]

Alexander Fleming windae




Alexander Fleming plaque

His drush was buirit in St. Paul's Cathedral.

St Paul's Cathdral, memorial for Sir Alexander Fleming


References

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  1. "Alexander Fleming Biography". Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Foundation. 1945. Archived frae the original on 30 Januar 2011. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2011.
  2. "BBC - History - Alexander Fleming". www.bbc.co.uk (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 Januar 2022.
  3. Gibbs, Denis (August 1997). "Sir Alexander Fleming in Stained Glass: St James's Church, Sussex Gardens". Journal of Medical Biography (in Inglis). 5 (3): 177–177. doi:10.1177/096777209700500309. ISSN 0967-7720.