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Sir Alexander Fleming

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming
Full Name
of the recipient		Sir Alexander Fleming
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1945
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withErnst Boris Chain (33.3%)
Sir Howard Walter Florey (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award		for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		London University, London, United Kingdom
Place of BirthLochfield, Scotland GBR
Date of Birth6 August 1881
Age
at the time of Award		63 years
Place of DeathLondon, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Death11 March 1955
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