Alexander fleming cool facts

Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist. His best known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world’s first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernest Boris Chain.

Take a look below for 27 more fascinating and interesting facts about Alexander Fleming.

1. Fleming wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy.

2. Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements in 1944.

3. In 1999, he was named in Time Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century.

4. In 2002, he was chosen in the BBC’s television poll for determining the 100 Greatest Britons.

5. In 2009, he was voted third greatest Scot in an opinion poll conducted by STV, behind only Robert Burns and William Wallace.

6. Fleming completed his elementary scho Top 15 remarkable facts about Sir Alexander Fleming ROP