1945

Banquet speech

Sir Alexander Fleming’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 For many years I have read of people getting the Nobel Prize. Then I always regarded them as a superior class to which it was almost impossible to aspire. Now suddenly I find myself in that class and I wonder whether they…

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Questions and Answers

Question: When was Sir Alexander Fleming born?Answer: Fleming was born on 6 August 1881 at Lochfield Farm near Darvel, Scotland. Question: When did he die?Answer: Fleming died of a heart attack on 11 March 1955 in London, United Kingdom. He was cremated and his ashes were interred at St Paul’s Cathedral. Question: Who were his…

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Banquet speech

Ernst B. Chain’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I should like to express to you my deep gratitude for the very great honour conferred on me by the award of a Nobel prize which has come to be regarded universally as the…

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Bibliography

Works in Spanish Desolación. – New York : Instituto de las Españas, 1922 Ternura : canciones de niños. – Madrid : Saturnino Calleja, 1924 Tala. – Buenos Aires : Sur, 1938 Los sonetos de la muerte y otros poemas elegíacos. – Santiago : Philobiblion, 1952 Lagar. – Santiago, 1954 Croquis mexicanos; Gabriela Mistral en México.…

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