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Which London district was St Mary's Hospital Medical School in when Fleming enrolled in 1901?
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Paddington
Which Oxford scientist first proposed the correct structure of penicillin?
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Edward Abraham
What bacterium did Fleming name Micrococcus lysodeikticus?
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Micrococcus luteus
Which Spanish order made Fleming a Knight Grand Cross in 1948?
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Order of Alfonso X the Wise
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Which Oxford scientist first proposed the correct structure of penicillin?
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Edward Abraham
What bacterium did Fleming name Micrococcus lysodeikticus?
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Micrococcus luteus
Which Spanish order made Fleming a Knight Grand Cross in 1948?
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Order of Alfonso X the Wise
What was Fleming's share of the 1945 Nobel Prize?
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one third
Which Nobel co-laureate was Chain's head of department at Oxford?
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Howard Florey
Who was Fleming's father?
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Hugh Fleming
Which university's medical school now includes St Mary's Hospital Medical School?
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Imperial College London
What type of scientist was Alexander Fleming besides a physician?
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microbiologist
Which BBC poll included Fleming among the 100 Greatest Britons in 2002?
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100 Greatest Britons