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  2. Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia

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    Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [2] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.

  3. Peggy Fleming - Wikipedia

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    Peggy Gale Fleming [2] (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American figure skater. [3] She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968) in the same event.

  4. List of orphans and foundlings - Wikipedia

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    While the exact definition of orphan and foundlings varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". [1] According to the United Nations, the definition of an orphan is anyone that loses one parent, either through death or abandonment.

  5. List of comic and cartoon characters named after people

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    Alexander Lemming from The Beano – Scottish chemist Alexander Fleming [citation needed]. Alexander Owlcott, a character in The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos – Alexander Woolcott [citation needed]. Alister from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! was named after Aleister Crowley [citation needed] in the dub version (the character's original name is Amelda).

  6. Williamina Fleming - Wikipedia

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    Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (15 May 1857 – 21 May 1911) was a pioneering Scottish astronomer, who made significant contributions to the field despite facing gender biases. [1] She was a single mother hired by the director of the Harvard College Observatory to help in the photographic classification of stellar spectra .

  7. Lawrence Washington (1602–1652) - Wikipedia

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    He emigrated to Virginia a second time shortly before 27 September 1667. He married secondly, about 1669, Joyce Jones, widow successively of Anthony Hoskins and Alexander Fleming, and daughter of William Jones of Virginia, by whom he had a son, John, and a daughter, Anne. He left a will dated 27 September 1675, which was proved 6 June 1677.

  8. Alexander Fleming (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Sir Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. Alexander Fleming may also refer to: Alexander Fleming (doctor) (1824–1875), Scottish doctor; Al Fleming (basketball) (1954–2003), American basketball player; Black Atlass (born Alex Fleming in 1994), Canadian singer-songwriter

  9. Black Atlass - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Fleming (born March 19, 1994), professionally known as Black Atlass, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and model. [1] His song, Paris, debuted in a Louis Vuitton campaign, and was also featured in a Saint Laurent fragrance ad.