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Edward Abraham
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<p>Sir Edward Penley Abraham, <a href="/facts/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">CBE</a>, <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society/cWs8TdC5">FRS</a> (10 June 1913 – 8 May 1999) was an English <a href="/facts/Biochemist/gAWNAY5v">biochemist</a> instrumental in the development of the first <a href="/facts/Antibiotics/sF1kIfxg">antibiotics</a> <a href="/facts/Penicillin/Abo8VQ3p">penicillin</a> and <a href="/facts/Cephalosporin/WeB7I75T">cephalosporin</a>. </p>