may 3, 1881 - Alexander Fleming
Description:
Who was he?He's a Scottish Physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist.
He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain
Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements in 1944
He was born in 1881 in Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Contributions:
- He discovered enzyme lysozyme in 1923
- Flemming also discovered the FIRST antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928
Added to timeline:
Date:
may 3, 1881
Now
~ 145 years ago