He was knighted in 1944 by King George VI of the United Kingdom and could from then on address himself as Sir Alexander Fleming.
Sir Alexander Fleming.
Dr. Sir Alexander Fleming's knighthood was not in any of the traditional orders; when he was knighted, his appointment was as a Knight Bachelor.
Sir Alexander Fleming won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 for his discovery of penicillin.
Sir Alexander Fleming worked in the fields of bacteriology and immunology. Sir Alexander Fleming is credited with the discovery of penicillin.
He was knighted in 1944
They were knighted by the King or Queen of England. All honours such as knighthoods are technically given by the Queen (or King) but are decided by the government in power.
Sir Alexander Fleming was born on August 6, 1881.
Sir Alexander Fleming was born in Lochfield, Scotland.
Sir Alexander Fleming died on March 11, 1955 at the age of 73.
Alexander Fleming's father was a farmer.
1944.
Yes, Sir Alexander Fleming had one child named Robert.