john Fleming did not discover penicillin but sir Alexander Fleming did.sir alexander Fleming was a Scottish scientist . he usually put lids on the dishes,but one day he forgot some time later he noticed that some bacteria in these dishes had died. Fleming investigated this he found that the bacteria had been killed by a mould(a type of fungus)called penicillium,which must have got into the dishes that were left uncovered.
penicilin
Penicillin
After he invented penicilin
Alexander Fleming invented the antibiotic called penicillin.
Fleming isolated the bacteria-killing fungus known as Penicillium notatum in his 1928 experiment, which led to the discovery of penicillin.
They were British. They did not create the penicillin. It was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming. Chan and Flory worked on the discovery.
The nobel peace prise winner discovered Penicilin in 1928 ( even though two Australian, Nazi germany refugees further developed it and was only mass prodced in the 40's by US industries). Penicilin is importat because it is an antibiotic naturaly produced from blue mould's. Which directly saved lives in WW2 and led to ore developed antibiotics. That is why fleming's work is important.
Robert John Fleming died in 1984.
Robert John Fleming was born in 1907.
John Fleming - judge - was born in 1697.
John Fleming - judge - died in 1766.
John Fleming - naturalist - was born in 1785.