Alexander Fleming
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 68 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 6,1881 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Darvel |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | March 11,1955 |
| Died | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Known for | Discovery of penicillin and; Lysozyme |
| Siblings | Mary Fleming |
| Thomas Fleming | |
| John Fleming | |
| Jane Fleming | |
| Hugh Fleming | |
| Grace Fleming | |
| Robert Fleming | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium | |
| Albert Medal | |
| Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | |
| Education | St Mary's Hospital Medical School |
| Spouse | Amalia Fleming |
| Sarah Fleming | |
| Children | Robert Fleming |
| Parents | Hugh Fleming |
| Grace Stirling Morton | |
| Nationality | British |
| Scottish | |
| Place of burial | St. Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 414572 |
Alexander Fleming Life story
Sir Alexander Fleming, FRS, FRSE, FRCS, was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.
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Dr. William Frankland, Allergy-scientists pioneer dies at the age of 108
Dr. William Frankland, a British immunologist, who died in The World transformed the understanding of allergies, at the age of 108.
His pioneering work to help the development of the idea of a pollen, Hay Fever Allergy.
Dr. Frankland, whose medical career spanned 70 years, was known as "The Grandfather of Allergy".
As a British Army doctor during the second World War , he spent three-and-a-half years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
the historian Dan Snow , he would never forget meeting Dr. Franklin, which he called "one of The Greatest Britons".
Prof Adam Fox , President of The British society for Allergy and Clinical immunology, said he was "a tremendous inspiration for many", and added that he would be missed "painful, But very fondly remembered".
Dr. Frankland, known as Bill, has said in an interview before his 108th birthday on April 19. March, namely, his longevity was down to luck.
He Said : "I have come close to death so many times from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic -, three-and-experience a-half years as a Japanese prisoner of war, anaphylaxis after a tropical insect Bite – But somehow I've always managed to miss it, and that's why I'm Still Here . "
He also revealed that his birthday were affected to celebrate, the had by the Corona-Virus outbreak, as his care home opened its doors to visitors.
"My birthday this year will be quite different," He Said . "I have a Special Request , have to visit two of my children for a short time, But you need to keep you at a safe distance. "
Dr. Frankland, who was made an MBE in 2015 for his contributions to Allergy research, leaves behind four children. His wife Pauline died in 2002.
Born In Battle , Sussex, in 1912, Dr. Franklin grew up in the Lake District . He studied medicine at the University of Oxford and worked at the St Mary's hospital in Paddington, London, before the second World War intervened.
He signed to The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), But spent more than three of the Six Years he spent in the army as a prisoner of war in Singapore.
During his 70-year career in medicine, mainly based at St Mary's Hospital, he worked for Sir Alexander Fleming , the discoverer of penicillin.
His career in immunology began in the 1950s at St Mary's, where he worked with patients who suffered from seasonal Hay Fever .
He sent a pollen-to identify the case on The Roof of the clinic, the different types of pollen in the air, and together with his team created a pollen count system, led daily pollen reports in the Media .
medicine, allergies
Source of news: bbc.com
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