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  • 11Florey Medal — The Florey Medal is an Australian award for biomedical research named in honour of Australian Nobel laureate Howard Florey. The medal is awarded biennially and the recipient receives $25,000 in prize money. The Medal was first awarded in 1998,… …

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  • 12Florey , Howard Walter, Baron Florey of Adelaide — (1898–1968) Australian experimental pathologist Florey was born and educated in Adelaide and graduated in medicine from the university there in 1921. Early in 1922 he arrived in Oxford, on a Rhodes scholarship and studied physiology for two years …

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  • 13Florey, Howard Walter Florey, Baron — ▪ Australian pathologist born Sept. 24, 1898, Adelaide, Australia died Feb. 21, 1968, Oxford, Eng.  Australian pathologist who, with Ernst Boris Chain (Chain, Sir Ernst Boris), isolated and purified penicillin (discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander …

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  • 14Florey,Sir Howard Walter — Flo·rey (flôrʹē, flōrʹē), Sir Howard Walter. Baron Florey of Adelaide. 1898 1968. Australian born British pathologist. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for isolating and purifying penicillin, discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming. * * * …

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  • 15Florey, Howard Walter, Baron — born Sept. 24, 1898, Adelaide, S.Aus., Austl. died Feb. 21, 1968, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. Australian pathologist. Educated in Britain and the U.S., Florey taught at the University of Oxford from 1935. Investigating tissue inflammation and… …

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  • 16Florey — biographical name Sir Howard Walter 1898 1968 British pathologist …

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  • 17Florey — /flawr ee, flohr ee/, n. Sir Howard Walter, 1898 1968, Australian pathologist in England: Nobel prize for medicine 1945. * * * …

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  • 18Florey — Sir Howard W., Australian British pathologist and Nobel laureate, 1898–1968. See F. unit …

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  • 19Florey — Flo•rey [[t]ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr i[/t]] n. big Sir Howard Walter, 1898–1968, Australian pathologist in England: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1945 …

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  • 20Electoral district of Florey — Florey is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after scientist Howard Florey, who was responsible for the development of penicillin. It is a 15km² urban electorate in Adelaide s… …

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