SirAlexanderFleming–BiographySirAlexanderFlemingwasbornatLochfieldnearDarvelinAyrshire,ScotlandonAugust6th,1881
HeattendedLoudenMoorSchool,DarvelSchool,andKilmarnockAcademybeforemovingtoLondonwhereheattendedthePolytechnic
HespentfouryearsinashippingofficebeforeenteringSt
Mary'sMedicalSchool,LondonUniversity
Hequalifiedwithdistinctionin1906andbeganresearchatSt
Mary'sunderSirAlmrothWright,apioneerinvaccinetherapy
HegainedM
,(London),withGoldMedalin1908,andbecamealectureratSt
Mary'suntil1914
HeservedthroughoutWorldWarIasacaptainintheArmyMedicalCorps,beingmentionedindispatches,andin1918hereturnedtoSt
Mary's
HewaselectedProfessoroftheSchoolin1928andEmeritusProfessorofBacteriology,UniversityofLondonin1948
HewaselectedFellowoftheRoyalSocietyin1943andknightedin1944
Earlyinhismedicallife,Fle