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Howard Florey

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Howard Florey was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".

Facts
Birth Year
1898 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1898-09-24 2
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1968-02-21 2
Death Year
1968 1
Death Place
Oxford, United Kingdom 1
Nationality
Australia 1
Birthplace
Adelaide, Australia 1
Field
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Field (category)
Biology 1
Field (category)
Medicine 1
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Associated With

Alexander Fleming, Scientists

Shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but not a direct research collaboration: Fleming discovered penicillin years earlier and had abandoned its development; Florey led the Oxford team (with Ernst Chain) that independently turned it into a usable drug.

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Ernst Boris Chain, Scientists

Shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and a direct working partnership distinct from the shared-prize link between Florey and Fleming: Chain was Florey's own collaborator on the Oxford team that turned penicillin into a usable drug, unlike Fleming who had already abandoned its development.

Additional Source Howard Florey (Wikipedia)Lead section, Howard Florey

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Medicine, Disciplines
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1. Howard Florey (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1968-02-21T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Australia
    Q408
  • P20 (place of death): Oxford, United Kingdom
    Q34217
  • P19 (place of birth): Adelaide, Australia
    Q5112
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2. Howard Florey (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section (Wikipedia plaintext extract)
    was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".
  • Infobox, Born
    24 September 1898
  • Infobox, Died
    21 February 1968
  • Associated With: Alexander Fleming, Lead section, Howard Florey
    shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases". Although Fleming received most of the credit for the discovery of penicillin, it was Florey and his team at the University of Oxford who made it into a useful and effective drug, ten years after Fleming had abandoned its development.
  • Associated With: Ernst Boris Chain, Lead section, Howard Florey
    was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".
  • Works In: Medicine, Lead sentence
    Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (; 24 September 1898-21 February 1968) was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming "for the discovery of penicillin and its
  • Works In: Pharmacology, Lead sentence
    Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (; 24 September 1898-21 February 1968) was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming "for the discovery of penicillin and its
  • Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
    He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and as its president from 1960
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    Florey was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society
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