'He says it as if she's just discovered penicillin,' Coleridge moaned.

Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin by noticing the effects of a mold on bacterial cultures.

I tell you; I felt exactly like that other brilliant fellow must have felt when he discovered penicillin.

Arguably, that makes Pryce, not Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin.

What if Fleming had not discovered penicillin?

After all, they've laughed at the man when he's discovered penicillin").

Alexander Fleming had first discovered penicillin by accident in 1928, but at that time believed it had little application.

Most people remember Sir Alexander Fleming as the man who, on 3 September 1928, discovered penicillin.

Indeed, there are many who say that it was Pryce who actually discovered penicillin, not Fleming at all.

Then he asked who discovered penicillin.