Alexander's Early Life and Family
Alexander was born into a poor sheep-farming family on August 6th, 1881, at Lochfield in Ayrshire, Scotland. He was one of the 4 children of Hugh and Grace Fleming. nicknamed Alec, ,he was his father's seventh child. His father had eight children all together. surrounded by nature, he developed very well observational skills while learning to hunt for peewit eggs and rabbits with his bare hands. When he was 7 his father died.
At age 13 Alec went to London with his brother who was an eye doctor. Alec took business classes for 2 years. by age 16 he passed all of his exams.not interested in any career, he took a job as a clerk in a shipping office, where his duties included hand-copying records,bookkeeping, ,and keeping track of all cargo and passengers on the ship. his shipping job bored him so when his uncle left him an inheritance, he decided to spend it studying medicine like his brother.
Alexander was married to Sarah Marion McElroy, an Irish nurse, in 1915; the couple had one son. After his wife's death in 1949, Fleming's health deteriorated. He married Amalia Coutsourist Voureka, a bacteriologist and former student, in 1952. Three years later, at the age of 73, he died of a heart attack.
At age 13 Alec went to London with his brother who was an eye doctor. Alec took business classes for 2 years. by age 16 he passed all of his exams.not interested in any career, he took a job as a clerk in a shipping office, where his duties included hand-copying records,bookkeeping, ,and keeping track of all cargo and passengers on the ship. his shipping job bored him so when his uncle left him an inheritance, he decided to spend it studying medicine like his brother.
Alexander was married to Sarah Marion McElroy, an Irish nurse, in 1915; the couple had one son. After his wife's death in 1949, Fleming's health deteriorated. He married Amalia Coutsourist Voureka, a bacteriologist and former student, in 1952. Three years later, at the age of 73, he died of a heart attack.