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Facts on Sir Alexander Flemming
◊ Born 1881, passed away in 1955.
◊ Alexander was born near Darvel, Scotland.
◊ He accidentally discovered penicillin in 1928.
◊ In 1944, he was knighted, making him Sir Alexander Fleming.
◊ He served as a professor of bacteriology at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School from 1928 – 1948.
◊ Alexander shared the Nobel prize with two other scientists for the discovery of Penicillin in 1945.