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Noun

1. florey, howard florey, sir howard walter florey

British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)

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Howard Walter, Baron Florey. 1898–1968, Australian pathologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1945) with E. B. Chain and Alexander Fleming for their work on penicillin

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Sir Howard Walter1898-1968; Brit. pathologist, born in Australia: developed penicillin together with Sir Alexander Fleming

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Australian-born British pathologist. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for isolating and purifying penicillin.

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