HOWARD FLOREY

FACTS

• Howard Walter Florey
• Born 24/9/1898 - died 21/02/1968
• Born in Malvern, Adelaide, Australia
• Only son of Joseph and Bertha Florey
• Educated at Collegiate School of St Peter and the University of Adelaide.

FACTS

• Married Mary Ethel Hayter Reed in 19/10/1926, their marriage was an unhappy one.
• He was a professor in pathology at the University of Sheffield.
• In 1949, Florey went to world War 2 and used penicillin to heal soldiers.
• Howard Florey is one of Australia's best known scientists.
• His picture was on the $50 note

FACTS

• Howard Florey won a Nobel Prize
• He is responsible for saving millions of lives
• There is asculpture of Howard Florey in Adelaide north Terrace
• The university of Adelaide has the Florey Medical Research Foundation
• He had two children, a girl and a boy.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• adb.anu.edu.au/biography/florey-howard-walter-10206 accessed 23/2/2015
• http.www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1945/florey-bio.htm... 2 5/2/2015
• www.adelaide.edu.au/seek-light/stories/howard-florey.html

BY LIAM