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Top 5 Alexander Fleming Facts for Kids

Learn all about Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming with our Top 5 Alexander Fleming facts for kids!

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Updated: 27th January 2023

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Alexander Fleming was born in Ayrshire, Scotland.
He discovered that antiseptics actually did more harm than good during the First World War and tried to encourage people to keep wounds clean and dry instead.
Alexander Fleming’s birthday is the 6th of August 1881.
He has won a Nobel Prize for his contribution to medicine.
One of the first discoveries he made was down to a drop of snot falling onto a bacteria culture!