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Howard Florey - Australia's Culture Portal

Portrait of Howard Florey, c. You may have never heard of Howard Florey, but his work on the development of the first penicillin-based antibiotic medicines has probably already saved your life. Howard Florey did not discover penicillin. ...

Australian inventions - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...

Australia's Nobel laureates - Australia's Culture Portal

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Austral...

National Science Week - Australia's Culture Portal

National Science Week is Australia's major annual science extravaganza. National Science Week is a partnership between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), ASF Limited, the Australian Science Teachers Association, and the Department of Innovati...

Science in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Sir William Bragg - Nobel Prize for physics, 1915. Bragg shared the prize with his son (also Sir William Bragg). Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - Nobel Prize for medicine, 1960. ...

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Florey, Howard Walter [Baron Florey] (1898 - 1968) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

Howard Walter Florey [Baron Florey] (1898 - 1968), by unknown photographer, c1960, courtesy of National Library of Australia. Educated at Tormore House School, Adelaide, and the University of Adelaide (M.B., B.S., 1924; M.D., 1950), she interrupted her me...

Howard Florey - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

Portrait of Howard Florey, c. Howard Florey did not discover penicillin. In 1945, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to three scientists: Alexander Fleming, Ernst Chain and Howard Florey. ...

Howard Walter Florey - Records - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

More information about Howard Florey's Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, United Kingdom   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Australia's heritage )

In 1935, in recognition of his early research achievements, Florey was appointed to the position of the William Dunn Chair of Pathology. In mid 1940, Florey and his team at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology performed one of the most important medi...

Howard Florey's Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, United Kingdom   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Australia's heritage )

The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, is where the outstanding Australian Howard Florey conducted his pioneering research to develop the anti-bacterial drug penicillin. Most publications are available as PDF files. If you are u...

Book Section - Howard Walter Florey - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

ABIE Australian Business and Investment Explorer, Sydney, 2004, pp. The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. ...

Article - Sir Howard Florey - a driven spirit - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Journal Article - Howard Florey: the Man behind Penicillin - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Book - Howard Florey: Penicillin and After - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Journal Article - Obituary: Howard Walter Florey: Baron of Adelaide and Marston - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

Australian Science Index Vol 12, no. The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Resource Section - Howard Florey - development of the first antibiotic, penicillin - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Book Section - Florey, Howard Walter, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston (1898-1968), medical scientist - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine - Corporate entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine was incorporated in 1971 by Act of Parliament. Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritag...

Resource Section - Sir Howard Walter Florey - Biography - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Science at Work. See the background page for more information. This site is still under construction and will be changing and improving in the coming months....

Howard Florey Laboratories - Corporate entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science   (website Bright Sparcs )

The Howard Florey Laboratories were commissioned in 1963. In 1971 an Act of Parliament established the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine. The Encyclopedia of Australian Science brings together Bright Sparcs and Australian Sc...