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...
The (wooden) plaque adds two years to his life.
Unveiled about 18 months after the nearby Seacole statue, this memorial was planned and financed at the same time. Chelsea Pensioners and...
See Spitalfields Life for a good post on the Caslon Foundry. April 2017: John Whitehead told us the plaque has been removed by developer...
The two plaques are at the centre of the frontage behind the bike stands.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
The memorial says "millions" have been killed and we don't dispute that. In particular see horses killed in Hyde Park terrorist attack.
Plaque unveiled by the Prince of Wales accompanied by the Mountbattens' daughters.
Collector of glass, books and engravings funded from the wealth he inherited from his father. Member of the Society of Antiquaries, he endowed 3 Slade Professorships of Fine Art at universities, an...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
London County Council Sir Flinders Petrie, 1853 - 1942, Egyptologist, lived here.
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