In recognition for his contribution, Alexander Fleming was knighted in 1944. With Chain and Florey he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945.

Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain, and Howard Florey Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain, and Howard Florey were honoured with the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of penicillin.

Physiology or medicine was the third prize area Alfred Nobel mentioned ... mutations by means of X-ray irradiation." 1945: Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Howard Walter Florey ...

Courtesy of M.S. Rau The Nobel Prize was established in Swedish chemist ... penicillin’s discovery dates back to 1929 when Sir Alexander Fleming first observed its antibacterial potential.

MEN of science will welcome the announcement that the Nobel Prize for Medicine for 1945 has been awarded jointly to Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Howard Florey and Dr. E. Chain. Sir Alexander Fleming ...