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Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey, OM FRS FRCP (/ ˈ f l ɔːr i /; 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 his role in the development of penicillin.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 was awarded jointly to Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases"
Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey (born Sept. 24, 1898, Adelaide, Australia—died Feb. 21, 1968, Oxford, Eng.) was an Australian pathologist who, with Ernst Boris Chain, isolated and purified penicillin (discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming) for general clinical use.
ANU Chancellor (1965-68) The Nobel Prize in Medicine. Sir Howard Florey shares the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine with colleague Ernst B. Chain and Alexander Fleming for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
Sir Howard Walter Florey. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945. Born: 24 September 1898, Adelaide, Australia. Died: 21 February 1968, Oxford, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Howard Florey - Maker of the Miracle Mould. by Dr Simon Torok. (Click here for an overview of this article) The story of penicillin - the first antibiotic used successfully to treat people with serious infectious diseases - begins with a bit of luck.
While Alexander Fleming is often credited with discovering penicillin in 1928, Howard Walter Florey oversaw initial clinical trials and led the team that first produced large quantities of this antibiotic, which played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II.
