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| Sir Howard Walter, 1898–1968, Australian pathologist in England: Nobel prize for medicine 1945. |
Florey Flo·rey (flôr'ē), Howard Walter. 1898-1968.
Australian-born British pathologist. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for isolating and purifying penicillin.
| Florey (flôr'ē) Pronunciation Key
Australian-born British pathologist who developed and purified penicillin with Ernst Chain in 1939. For this work, Florey and Chain shared a 1945 Nobel Prize with Alexander Fleming, who first discovered the antibiotic in 1928. Florey also supervised the clinical testing and mass production of the drug in the United States. |
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