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Howard Walter Florey

1898 - 1968

Born

24 September 1898

Adelaide, Australia

Died

21/02/1968

Oxford

Nationality
Australian
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
20/03/1941
Fields of Interest
Pathology
Relationships
Son of Joseph Florey, shoemaker of Oxfordshire who emigrated 1885, and his second wife (married 1889) Bertha Mary Wadham (Australian). Married: 1) (1926) Ethel Mary Hayter, daughter of John Hayter Reed, Adelaide bank manager (she died 1966); one son and one daughter; 2) (1967) Dr Margaret Augusta Fremantle, daughter of 3rd Baron Cottesloe