In which city did Alexander Fleming die?
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London
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Which mycologist first identified Fleming's mould as Penicillium rubrum?
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What was the name of Fleming's Suffolk country home?
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The Dhoon
Which mycologist first identified Fleming's mould as Penicillium rubrum?
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Charles J. La Touche
Which Irish physician's work on Staphylococcus aureus influenced Fleming's 1928 study?
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Joseph Warwick Bigger
What military unit was Fleming a private in from 1900 to 1914?
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London Scottish Regiment
Which pathologist first used penicillin successfully for medical treatment?
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Cecil George Paine
Fleming first presented penicillin to which club in February 1929?
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Medical Research Club
On what date did Fleming coin the name penicillin?
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7 March 1929
In 1928, which university elected Fleming Professor of Bacteriology?
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University of London