FLEMING


Meaning of FLEMING in English

I . Alexander Fleming

(1881–1955)

a Scottish scientist who became well known for discovering penicillin, the first antibiotic that successfully killed bacteria and cured infections. He was made a knight in 1944, and in 1945 shared the Nobel Prize for medicine with two colleagues who helped him to develop the use of penicillin.

II . Ian Fleming

(1908–64)

an English writer, best known for creating the world’s most famous secret agent, James Bond . Fleming had some experience of the work of secret agents when he worked for the intelligence department of the Royal Navy during World War II . He used that experience, and his love of technology and foreign travel, to write his series of James Bond novels, which were later made into successful films.

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