Fleming, Alexander, 1881-1955 (Scottish physician and microbiologist, discovered use of Penicillin as an antibiotic)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 6 August 1881 - 11 March 1955
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Penicillin mould, Alexander Fleming
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2287
Scope and Contents
Case containing a colony of Penicillium notatum, the mould from which penicillin is derived.
Handwritten caption at the back: "The mould that makes Penicillin. To the S.R.C in memory of the "Rectorial". Alexander Fleming 1952" (the date was initially "1951", later corrected to "1952").
Dates:
1952
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Penicillin 50 years after Fleming, London, 2-3 May 1979, 1979
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/1/G.17
Scope and Content
Programme with abstracts; manuscript note.
Dates:
1979
Workshop on Penicillinase, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 16-18 April 1975, 1975
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/1/G.16
Scope and Content
The material consists of brief correspondence only, relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's attendance at Workshop on Penicillinase, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 16-18 April 1975.
Dates:
1975