The popular story of Winston Churchill's father's paying for Fleming's education after Fleming's father saved young Winston from death is certainly false. According to the biography, "Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution" by Kevin Brown, Alexander Fleming is quoted as saying that this was "a wonderful fable"
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The popular story of Winston Churchill's father's paying for Fleming's education after Fleming's father saved young Winston from death is certainly false. According to the biography, "Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution" by Kevin Brown, Alexander Fleming is quoted as saying that this was "a wonderful fable"
Awesome story though
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