Howard Florey

Howard Walter Florey
Born	28 November 1898 Adelaide, South Australia
Died	21 February 1968 (aged 69) Oxford, England
Nationality	Australian
Citizenship	Australian
Known for	Developing penicillin
Awards	Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1945
Scientific career
Fields	Pathology

Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey OM FRS (24 September 1898 – 21 February 1968) was an Australian pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1945, for his study into penicillin. He was appointed a knight bachelor, and later a baron.