Australian Nobel Laureates - Howard Walter Florey howard walter florey is best known for his work on penicillin, but there is much more to this of Taped Interview with lord howard florey, 5 April 1967, National Library http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/nobel/florey.htm
Extractions: 'People sometimes think that I and the others worked on penicillin because we were interested in suffering humanity. I don't think it ever crossed our minds about suffering humanity. This was an interesting scientific exercise, and because it was of some use in medicine is very gratifying, but this was not the reason that we started working on it.' Howard Walter Florey is best known for his work on penicillin, but there is much more to this famous Australian scientist. He was a solitary man, with few close friends; laboratory research and travel were his great loves. Interestingly, he was concerned about the population explosion caused by improving health care. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 24 September 1898, Howard Florey was the youngest of five children and the only boy in his family. His father was a bootmaker and ran a successful company. At school Florey was nicknamed 'Floss', a name that stayed with him for life. He was an outstanding student, excelling at almost everything - except mathematics. In 1917, and with a research career in mind, Florey began studying medicine at the University of Adelaide. He won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1921, and left Australia for Oxford University and to make his home permanently overseas.
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20th Century Year By Year 1945 1979; and florey, lord (howard walter), Great Britain, Oxford University, b http://www.multied.com/20th/1945.html
Lord Howard Walter Florey Winner Of The 1945 Nobel Prize In Medicine lord howard walter florey, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive. lord howard walter florey. 1945 Nobel Laureate in Medicine Detailed site on http://www.almaz.com/nobel/medicine/1945c.html
Lincoln College - Famous Old Members - Lord Florey howard walter florey was born on 24th September 1898 in Adelaide, Australia. Queen sCollege 19628. He was knighted in 1944, and made lord florey of Adelaide http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/famous/florey/
Extractions: Lord Florey (1898 - 1968) While at medical school in Adelaide, he met his future wife, Ethel Hayter Reed, who was three years his junior. She was also a medical student, and subsequently became a part of his research team at Oxford during the work on penicillin. They married in 1926, but it was not a happy relationship. However, they did stay together, and had two children. Ethel died in 1966, and in 1967, Florey married Dr. Margaret Jennings, who was his long-term colleague of thirty years. This partnership was happier, but only brief as Florey died suddenly in 1968 of a heart attack, aged 69. Lady Margaret Florey died in 1994. There is a memorial stone dedicated to his memory in Westminster Abbey. The Lasker Rose Garden was established opposite Magdalen, at the entrance of the Oxford Botanic Garden in honour of Florey's achievements. Florey was a physiologist by training and was dedicated to the application of physiological and chemical methods to pathology. The area that commanded most of his interest was the physiology of the cells in the gut, inflammatory reactions, and atherosclerosis. However, his main area of work was guided by the paper written ten years previously by Alexander Fleming, on the anti-bacterial effects of the Penicillin mould. Florey developed the unique therapeutic properties of penicillin, a development which has probably done more than any other in medical history to relieve human suffering. The Oxford team of scientists discovered how to produce an effective and safe antibacterial agent from the raw mould juice. The purification of penicillin was achieved by Norman Heatley and Edward Abraham. Abraham later determined its chemical structure. Penicillin was first tested on eight mice in 1940, with remarkable results proving its effectiveness. Tests on humans occurred in 1941 and before long, the drug was in mass production. For their painstaking and difficult work Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Ernst Boris Chain and Florey were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945. Chain was invaluable in the early purification and identification, but without Florey, he couldn't have continued the work. Fleming saw penicillin as an antiseptic that could be used locally, but failed to see its potential as a method of combating deep seated infections.
Extractions: Graduate Life Social Life The newly refurbished Middle Common Room is situated in staircase 10, in the heart of College, close to both the Bar and Hall. It has daily newspapers and several magazines available, a colour television with video recorder and its own bar. It is especially popular after lunch when members congregate to chat over coffee. There are several social events each week during term organised by the MCR Entz Officer, sometimes jointly with the JCR or SCR. Graduates are also members of the Junior Common Room and participate in the various academic, sporting, musical and dramatic activities organised in College. Graduates are active in a remarkable range of pursuits, including rowing for the College and singing in the Chapel choir. Partners of MCR members may apply to become members themselves, in all but voting rights. Recently founded to mark the 40th anniversary of Lincoln's MCR, the Florey Society provides Lincoln graduate students with a forum to discuss their academic interests, and fosters continued contact between former Lincoln postgraduates and the College. The Society, which sponsors papers delivered by current graduate students, and a range of social and alumni events, is named in honour of Professor Sir Howard Walter Florey , late Fellow of Lincoln College and Nobel prize winner for his pioneering work on penicillin.
Lord Howard Florey - Papers howard walter florey, Baron florey of Adelaide and Marston, photo of the oil on canvas portrait of lord florey at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford http://library.adelaide.edu.au/ual/special/florey2.html
Extractions: Joseph Florey and family in his car c1904; sepia mounted 16 x 11cm Howard Florey in a cradle age approx. 6 months at Fisher St. Malvern; sepia mounted 10 x 15cm Howard, Hilda and Valetta Florey - Howard at approx. 8 years of age; sepia, oval, mounted, 4 x 5cm Howard Florey lighting a pipe; 6x9cm Howard Florey wearing bow tie and cap; 6x 10cm Howard Florey with half sister Charlotte and mother Bertha Florey 1936; 9 x6cm Howard Florey in laboratory coat sitting beside a microscope of old design; 6x9cm
Alphabetical Listing Fleming, Sir Alexander. Medicine. 1945. florey, lord howard walter. Medicine. 1945 http://www.almaz.com/nobel/alpha/F.html
Bright Sparcs - Australasian Science Article: Howard Florey (1) Hazel be Berg, transcript of taped interview with lord howard florey, 5 April LennardBickel, Rise up to Life a biography of howard walter florey who gave http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_florey.htm
Extractions: 'People sometimes think that I and the others worked on penicillin because we were interested in suffering humanity. I don¹t think it ever crossed our minds about suffering humanity. This was an interesting scientific exercise, and because it was of some use in medicine is very gratifying, but this was not the reason that we started working on it.' Florey is best known for his work on penicillin, but there is much more to this famous Australian scientist. He was a solitary man, with few close friends; laboratory research and travel were his great loves. Interestingly, he was concerned about the population explosion caused by improving health care. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1898, Howard Florey was the youngest of five children and the only boy in his family. At school he was nicknamed 'Floss', a name that stayed with him for life. He was an outstanding student, excelling at almost everything - except mathematics. In 1917, and with a research career in mind, Florey began studying medicine at the University of Adelaide. He won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1921, and left Australia for Oxford University and to make his home permanently overseas. His boundless ambition and ability, as well as his strong character, were immediately obvious to his British colleagues: 'He could be ruthless and selfish; on the other hand, he could show kindliness, a warm humanity and, at times, sentiment and a sense of humour ... at times, he went out of his way to cut people down to size ... [but] in the years I knew him he did not once utter a word of praise about himself.'
Florey - The Person Highlights of the Life of howard walter florey (lord florey of Adelaide and Marston18981968) 1898- howard walter florey was born to Joseph and Bertha florey. http://www.tallpoppies.net.au/florey/explorer/theperson/main-content.html
Extractions: Many people do not know that Howard Florey was an Australian. Many people do not know that he made penicillin. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 24 September 1898. He was, perhaps, Australia’s greatest scientist. His finest deed was the development of the "miracle medicine" penicillin. Howard Florey was born at the Florey home in suburban Adelaide on 24 September 1898. He was the only son and third child of Joseph Florey and his second wife, Bertha. Howard had four older sisters. Charlotte and Anne, were the children of his father Joseph and his first wife Charlotte. His sisters, Hilda and Valetta, were born in 1891 and 1892. Howard Florey grew up in comfortable surroundings. His father Joseph was a wealthy shoe manufacturer. Joseph Florey and his first wife, Charlotte, left England for South Australia in 1882. Charlotte was ill with consumption . Seeking a more favourable climate, the family sailed for Adelaide, hoping the change would cure Charlotte's consumptive condition.
The Person Highlights of the Life of howard walter florey (lord florey of Adelaide and Marston)18981968 1898- howard walter florey was born to Joseph and Bertha florey. http://www.tallpoppies.net.au/florey/researcher/theperson/main-content.html
Extractions: Howard Florey was born at the Florey home at Fisher Street, Malvern, in suburban Adelaide on 24 September 1898. He was the only son and third child of Joseph Florey and his second wife, Bertha. Howard had four older sisters. Charlotte and Anne, were the children of his father Joseph and his first wife Charlotte. His sisters, Hilda and Valetta, were born in 1891 and 1892. Howard Florey grew up in comfortable surroundings. His father Joseph was a wealthy shoe manufacturer. Joseph Florey and his first wife, Charlotte, left England for South Australia in 1882. Charlotte was ill with consumption . Seeking a more favourable climate, the family sailed for Adelaide, hoping the change would cure Charlotte's consumptive condition. They first lived at "Argyle Cottage" in Clyde Lane, Parkside. Joseph prospered in business as a boot and shoe manufacturer and moved from his first workshop in Young Street at Parkside to establish the Enterprise Boot Factory in Pulteney Street, Adelaide. By 1897, he owned 'The Standard Shoe and Leather Company' of Grenfell Street. His boots and shoes sold, not just in Adelaide, but throughout Australia. Joseph Florey was the biggest shoe and boot manufacturer in South Australia. Federation (1901) opened up interstate trade. Joseph began to export his products to Sydney and Melbourne.
ANU - John Curtin School Of Medical Research - JCSMR lord florey served as academic adviser to ANU and of the Royal Society (1960), floreywas knighted a life peerage in 1965, becoming howard walter Baron florey http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/hon_roll/florey.htm
Extractions: Howard Florey, one of Australia's Nobel laureates who became a medical scientist of great intemational reputation, was bom and educated in Adelaide, before becoming the South Australian Rhodes Scholar for 1921 at Oxford University in Britain. In a distinguished academic career, he studied and worked in Oxford, Cambridge, London and Sheffield, as well as in Europe and America, before he was appointed to the chair of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford University in 1935.
Premios Nobel De Medicina florey, lord howard walter. http://www.biologia.edu.ar/basicos/nobeles/nobelmed.htm
Extractions: Premios Nobel de Medicina PRINCIPAL ÍNDICE Notas [ Nobel Medicina ] Nobel Química Tema Ganador Behring, Emil Adolf Von Ross, Sir Ronald Finsen, Niels Ryberg Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Koch, Robert Cajal, Santiago Ramon Y.; Golgi, Camillo Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse Ehrlich, Paul; Metchnikoff, Ilya Ilyich Kocher, Emil Theodor Kossel, Albrecht Gullstrand, Allvar Carrel, Alexis Richet, Charles Robert Barany, Robert Bordet, Jules Krogh, Schack August Steenberger Hill, Sir Archibald Vivian; Meyerhof, Otto Fritz; Banting, Sir Frederick Grant; Macleod, John James Richard; Einthoven, Willem; Fibiger, Johannes Andreas Grib Wagner-Jauregg, Julius Nicolle, Charles Jules Henri Eijkman, Christiaan; Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Landsteiner, Karl Warburg, Otto Heinrich Adrian, Lord Edgar Douglas; Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott Morgan, Thomas Hunt Minot, George Richards; Murphy, William Parry; Whipple, George Hoyt Spemann, Hans Dale, Sir Henry Hallett; Loewi, Otto Nagyrapolt, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Von Heymans, Corneille Jean Francois Domagk, Gerhard
City Of Mitcham - Howard Florey AZ listing. howard florey. Back to People. lord walter howard florey was born24 September 1898. Raised in Malvern, he was the youngest of three children. http://www.mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=320
Lord Howard Florey - Papers howard walter florey, Baron florey of Adelaide and Marston, 1898 Series 2. Photographsof howard florey and the Joan Gardner, niece of lord florey per favour of http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/ual/special/florey2.html
Extractions: Joseph Florey and family in his car c1904; sepia mounted 16 x 11cm Howard Florey in a cradle age approx. 6 months at Fisher St. Malvern; sepia mounted 10 x 15cm Howard, Hilda and Valetta Florey - Howard at approx. 8 years of age; sepia, oval, mounted, 4 x 5cm Howard Florey lighting a pipe; 6x9cm Howard Florey wearing bow tie and cap; 6x 10cm Howard Florey with half sister Charlotte and mother Bertha Florey 1936; 9 x6cm Howard Florey in laboratory coat sitting beside a microscope of old design; 6x9cm
Lord Howard Florey - Papers Telephone +61 8 8303 5372 Facsimile +61 8 8303 4369 Email library@adelaide.edu.au.howard walter florey, Baron florey of Adelaide and Marston, 18981968. http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/ual/special/florey.html
Extractions: Folder 2 presented by various donors, largely through the agency of Dr. Richard Brock. These include Florey receiving his D.Sc. and at the opening of the Florey laboratories at the ANU (1958), Florey's former home Coreega and the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology] 3. Miscellaneous articles, letters and family history notes.
