Alexander Flemming

Full Name-

Sir Alexander Fleming 

Born-
6 August 1881
Died-
11 March 1955

• Known For-

1. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world's first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy.

• Awards

1. FRS (1943)
2. Nobel Prize (1945)
3. FRSE
4. FRCS(Eng)
5. Knight Bachelor (1944)

• Other Information

1. In 1999, he was named in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century. 
2. In 2002, he was chosen in the BBC's television poll for determining the 100 Greatest Britons, and in 2009,