Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Preferred forename Macfarlane.

Sex: Male

Born: 3 September 1899, Traralgon, Vic

Died: 31 August 1985, Port Fairy, Vic

Degrees

1922
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
The University of Melbourne
1924
Doctor of Medicine
The University of Melbourne

Career

PhD Lond 1928 and many hc. FRS 1942, FAA 1963, FRACP 1947, FRCP Lond 1953. Virologist and immunologist. Dir, Walter and Eliza Hall Inst. Prof of Experimental Med, Melb. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med 1960. Kt bachelor 1951, OM 1958, KBE 1969, AK 1978.