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Fleming was born in Lochfield, a farm located near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland.
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Alexander had been a member of the rifle club. Since 1900 Alexander had actively remained a member of the Volunteer Force which was formed by citizen army group practicing part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps.
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Alexander enrolled himself at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London
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He earned a distinction which qualified him to become a surgeon.
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On 3 September Fleming chanced upon the discovery of penicillin.
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Fleming was chosen as the Professor of Bacteriology
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The Pearl Harbour bombing on 7 December resulted in the Infirmary (Florey and Chain at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford) producing penicillin in giant amounts which served in treating all the wounded allied soldiers.
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Fleming was awarded his noble prize in medicine
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Fleming died on 11 March after suffering from a heart attack
