Portrait of Alexander Fleming
Date
1946
Sitter
Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955, British) , Bacteriologist, Bacteriologist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 150mm
width (print): 95mm
width (print): 95mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of Alexander Fleming, his arms crossed over his chest, looking directly out at the camera. Dressed in a white shirt, a black bow tie and a pin- striped suit.
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Scottish bacteriologist and discoverer of penicillin, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1943. He was joint recipient with Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979) and Sir Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968) of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1945 ‘for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases’.
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Scottish bacteriologist and discoverer of penicillin, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1943. He was joint recipient with Ernst Boris Chain (1906-1979) and Sir Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968) of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1945 ‘for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases’.
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