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F is for Alexander Fleming

Filed Under (Famous scientists, year 10) by griggans on 25-05-2007



I’ve done 2 famous scientists this week because year 10 are studying antibiotics.

Scotsman Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic in 1928 in London. This is what many people regard as the greatest discovery of the twentieth century (no it’s not the mobile phone!) – even though it was by accident!

Read about him here.

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