Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey (1898-1968) was a Australian pathologist whose research into lysozyme, an antibacterial enzyme discovered by Fleming, led him to study penicillin, which he and Chain isolated and prepared for widespread use.
With Fleming, they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.
Why is Howard Florey famous?
Howard Florey was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist.
Life in Brief:
- Being born on Sep 24, Howard was a Libra. - his ethnicity: White. - his mother's name: Bertha Mary Wadham Florey. - his father's name: Joseph Florey. - Sisters : Charlotta Florey, Anne Florey, Hilda Florey Gardner, Viletta Florey.
Howard Florey had studied at St Peters Collegiate School, Adelaide, Australia (in 1915) and then he attended the BA Surgery, University of Adelaide (in 1921).
Howard dated Mary Ethel Hayter Reed Florey (wife) and amongst other amorous encounters was Margaret Augusta Fremantle Jennings Florey (wife).
He died on Wednesday, February 21, 1968, in Oxford; cause of death: heart failure.
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