Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discovered penicillin in the second storey room above this plaque.
W2, Praed Street, St Mary's Hospital
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker, Alan Patient
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Alexander Fleming - W2
Born Lochfield, Scotland. Pharmacologist and bacteriologist who discovered pe...
Appropriately a number of the nearby buildings have notices instructing "no ball games". 2023: We were contacted by Jim's daughter, Rach...
Frank Matcham (1854 - 1920), theatre architect, designed this theatre. Frank Matcham Society
City of Westminster Edward Meryon, MD, FRCP, 1807 - 1880, first described muscular dystrophy, lived here, 1846 - 1880.
English Heritage Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, 1817 - 1898, Muslim reformer and scholar, lived here, 1869 - 1870.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1836 - 1919, was born in a house formerly on this site. The first woman to be registered as a medical practi...
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