People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Baron Florey
• Florey, Baron

Birth

24 September, 1898
Malvern, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Death

21 February, 1968 (aged 69)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Cause of Death

heart disease

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Agnostic

Education

• St Peter's College (Adelaide)
• University of Adelaide
• Oxford University
• Cambridge University (UK)

Occupation

• academic
• medical scientist
• pathologist
• university chancellor

Awards

• Rhodes Scholar
• Knight Bachelor
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Medal of Merit (US)
• Copley Medal (Royal Society)
• Baron
• Order of Merit

Legacies

• Florey (suburb, ACT)
• Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine (University of Melbourne)

Key Organisations

• Royal Society of London (UK)

Workplaces

• University of Sheffield
• Oxford University
• Australian National University (administration)