He Didn’t Receive Adequate Education Until He Was In His Twenties

Hugh Fleming and Grace Stirling Morton's third child, Alexander Fleming, was born on August 6, 1881, at Lochfield Farm, close to Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland. Hugh Fleming's first marriage produced four children. When he wed Grace for a second time, he was 59 years old, and he passed away when Alexander was just seven. One of the interesting facts about Alexander Fleming is when he was a kid, he didn't get a lot of education. But he demonstrated that he was a keen observer.

His scholastic talent was found at the age of 11, and he was given the scholarship to attend the Kilmarnock Academy. He spent two years there studying before relocating to London. He attended the Royal Polytechnic Institution and worked in a shipping office because he could not afford to attend a private institution. Alexander Fleming, being twenty years old, received some money from his uncle John Fleming after spending four years working in a shipping agency. Tom, his older brother, who was a doctor himself, encouraged the younger Alexander to pursue a career in medicine, and in 1903 the younger Alexander enrolled in Paddington's St Mary's Hospital Medical School. He earned a BSc in bacteriology and an MBBS in 1906 and 1908.