Alexander Fleming, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1881

Place of Birth: Darvel, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Mar-1955

Profession: physician, inventor, surgeon, pharmacologist, bacteriologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist, physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist.
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.
In 1999, he was named in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.
In 2002, he was chosen in the BBC's television poll for determining the 100 Greatest Britons, and in 2009, he was also voted third "greatest Scot" in an opinion poll conducted by STV, behind only Robert Burns and William Wallace.