Fleming

Who was Alexander Fleming?

He was a Scottish doctor and scientist who discovered penicillin

What did Fleming specialise in?

Staphylococcus

How did Fleming discover penicillin?

In 1928 he went on holiday and left a Petri dish of staphylococcus out on a table - when he returned, he found that some mould had grown and killed the staphylococcus around it

What did Fleming do with his discovery?

Not much - he realised that it was penicillin and wrote his findings in a medical journal, but he never tested it on animals and instead lost interest without ever discovering its potential

What was Fleming awarded for his discovery?

A Nobel Prize in 1945