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Howard Florey

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Noun1.Howard Florey - British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey
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Australian Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, a refugee from Nazi Germany, developed penicillin so that it could be made into a drug.
GREATEST SCOT.. PART TWO: SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
But it was an Australian Professor, Howard Florey, leading a team of researchers, who figured out how to extract the drug in a way that would save millions of lives.
We love telly; PICK OF THE DAY by The Mirror (London, England)
nnn BREAKING THE MOULD: THE STORY OF PENICILLIN (Wednesday, BBC4, 9pm) explores how Professor Howard Florey (Dominic West) developed the work of Alexander Fleming (Denis Lawson).
WeekAhead by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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