Howard Walter Florey
(1898-1968)
Family tree
Commemorated on 2 plaques
This rose garden was given in honour of the research workers in this university who discovered the clinical importance of penicillin. For saving of life, relief of suffering and inspiration to further research all mankind is in their debt. Those who did this work were E. P. Abraham, E. Chain, C. M. Fletcher, H. W. Florey, M. E. Florey, A. D. Gardner, N. G. Heatley, M. A. Jennings, J. Orr-Ewing, A. G. Sanders.
Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford, United Kingdom where they worked near
In this building Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, Norman Heatley & colleagues first isolated and purified penicillin for the treatment of bacterial infection, 1938-1941
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom where they worked