Inventor Profile

Alexander Fleming

1881–1955

Discovered penicillin.

Lifetime

1881–1955

Birthplace

Darvel

Field

Innovation

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Key Inventions

Penicillin
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Penicillin

Alexander Fleming · 1928

The world's first true antibiotic.

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