Alexander fleming biography ks24194

Alexander Fleming's Biography

Sir Alexander Fleming, a British bacteriologist, was born on August 6, 1881, on a farm near Darvel, Ayrshire.

Alexander fleming biography ks24194

He was the third of four children in his family. His mother, Grace Stirling Morton, was his father's second wife, and he had four half-siblings from his father's previous marriage. Fleming's father remarried at the age of 59 and passed away when Alexander was seven years old.

Fleming attended Loudoun Moor School and Darvel School before spending two years at Kilmarnock Academy.

He then moved to London and enrolled at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. After working for four years at a transport company, Fleming inherited his uncle John's money. His older brother, Tom, who was already a doctor, suggested that Alexander follow in his footsteps.

In 1903, Fleming entered medical school in Paddington near St.

Mary's Hospital, where he gr