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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1940s (43) 1945 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1881 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Darvel (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1950s (45) 1955 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) London (22) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) A (79) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) A (39) Alexander (4) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 65 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) London (19) London University (7) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) London (82) Imperial College London (20) Alumni (4) Long-term academic staff (10) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, western (50) United Kingdom (27) Kilmarnock (2) Kilmarnock Academy (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Actonian Prize (3) Albert Medal (16) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (2) Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) G-H (389) H (196) Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (9) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Bachelor (22) complete name: Sir Alexander Fleming nobel prize: medicine award year: 1945 together with: Ernst Chain together with: Howard Florey prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 was awarded jointly to Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Alexander family name: Fleming occupation: physician occupation: surgeon occupation: pharmacologist occupation: bacteriologist field of work: immunology field of work: bacteriology work location: Imperial College London, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom description: Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world's first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements in 1944. Named in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century, in 2002 he was named among the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/summary/> date birth: 1881 date death: 1955 usual name: Alexander Fleming
