Born Lochfield, Scotland. Pharmacologist and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1927. However he did not realise the significance and it was not until 1940 that Florey and Chain demonstrated its use as the antibiotic that we know today. Knighted 1944. Joint winner of the Nobel prize for medicine in 1945. Died London. His ashes are buried in St Paul’s cathedral.
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Sir Alexander Fleming
Fleming Discovered Penicillin {Around the profile bust:} Alexander Fleming P...
Fountains Abbey - Paddington W2 Paddington has always adequately provided ho...
Hillingdon, London Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, biologist, pharmacologist an...
Greater London Council Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discoverer of penic...
Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discovered penicillin in the second storey ...
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Sir Alexander Fleming
Metropolitan Borough of Paddington This tablet commemorates the opening of th...
Re-designed in 1992. The arch was moved in 1994.
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1911-1942. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Wife of Sir Peter Medawar, the man in our picture, and thus known as Lady Medawar. Worked passionately in the promotion of family planning, especially for young girls. Chair of the Family Plannin...
From the always useful Lost Hospitals of London: "The St Francis Hospital for Infants was founded in a small house in Hampstead {6 Denning Road} in 1903 by Helen Levis, {first} wife of the industri...
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1916-1937. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Chesterton at 32. Carlile at 34, behind the scaffolding.
A popular local personality. The following text came from the Greenwich Phantom, who would like any more information you have: Doug was the son of Bill Mullins, one of the ‘old school’ of dairymen...
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Civil engineer. Born 77 Ladbroke Grove. Worked in Wales and then India. Returned and in 1890 was appointed chief engineer to the London County Council. Worked on the Blackwall road tunnel, the...
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