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Authorised form of name	Fleming; Sir; Alexander (1881 - 1955); bacteriologist
Dates	1881 - 1955
Nationality	British
Place of birth	Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of birth	06 August 1881
Place of death	London
Date of death	11/03/1955
Research field	Bacteriology
Activity	Education: MB, BS, FRCS Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1945 Honours: Kt (1944)
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	18/03/1943
Source	Sources: DSB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1956 vol 2 pp 117-127, plate, by L Colebrook References: Henry Harris, 'Howard Florey and the Development of Penicillin' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 243-252
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/69004123
Code	NA2890

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
MM/18/40	Letter from Alexander Fleming to Wilson Baker	26 October 1949
IM/001447	Fleming, John Ambrose	nd
MDA/A/12/108	Copy letter from David Christie Martin to Robert Robinson, The Royal Society	9 May 1947
A/0221	Fleming, Sir Alexander	1944
NLB/52/103	Copy letter from J A Towle to Professor J Alexander Fleming FRS	13 August 1915
RR/27/54	Referee's report by John Charles Grant Ledingham, on a paper 'Further observations on a bacteriolytic element found in tissues and secretions' by Alexander Fleming and A D Allison	June 1922
RR/28/134	Referee's report by William Bulloch, on a paper 'A comparison of the activities antiseptics on bacteria and on leucocytes' by Alexander Fleming	[January 1924]
NLB/62/659	Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Alexander Fleming, FRS; St. Mary's Hospital	31 March 1922
NLB/62/589	Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Alexander] Fleming, FRS; Inoculation Department, St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, W.2.	17 March 1922
NLB/62	New Letter Book volume 62, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration	11 November 1921-10 June 1922
RR/69/163	Referee's report by Alexander Fleming, on a paper 'Histochemistry of the Gram-staining reaction for micro-organisms' by H Henry and Maurice Stacey	1945
RR/28/133	Referee's report by Frederick William Andrewes, on a paper 'A comparison of the activities antiseptics on bacteria and on leucocytes' by Alexander Fleming	[December 1923]
NLB/65/597	Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John [Rose] Bradford, FRS	26 November 1923
NLB/65/812	Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS	7 January 1924
IM/001441	Fleming, Sir Alexander	nd
IM/GA/WS/1332	Fleming, Sir Alexander	1946
RR/28/132	Referee's report by John Charles Grant Ledingham, on a paper 'A comparison of the activities antiseptics on bacteria and on leucocytes' by Alexander Fleming	[December 1923]
EC/1943/07	Fleming, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/52	New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration	9 July 1915-8 March 1916
S/0028	Sculpture bust of Fleming, Sir Alexander

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