Sir Alexander Fleming
Born August 6, 1881, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland · Died March 11, 1955, London, England · Sancta Maria Lodge No. 2682, London
Discoverer of penicillin, an active London Mason who reached Grand Lodge rank.
My only merit is that I did not neglect the observation and that I pursued the subject as a bacteriologist.
Discoverer of penicillin, an active London Mason who reached Grand Lodge rank.
Sources
- https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/fleming_a/fleming_a.html (citing Denslow
- AQC 104)
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synthetic_Production_of_Penicillin_TR1468.jpg (Public domain)
Life & Masonic Timeline
August 6, 1881
Born — Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland
1906
Age 25
Qualified in medicine at St Mary’s Hospital
1909
Age 28
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Sancta Maria Lodge No. 2682, London
September 3, 1928
Age 47
Discovered penicillin
1942
Age 61
Appointed Past Junior Grand Warden, UGLE
1944
Age 63
Knighted
1945
Age 64
Shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
March 11, 1955
Age 73
Died — London, England
Unknown
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft
Unknown
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason
Official photographer, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source