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Burnet, Frank Macfarlane (1899 - 1985)

Kt cr, AK, OM, KBE, FAA, FRS
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Medical scientist and Biologist
Born: 3 September 1899  Traralgon, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 31 August 1985.
(Sir) Frank Macfarlane Burnet was Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 1944-66. In 1960 he (with P. Medawar) was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance. His work influenced the later developments of DNA sequencing.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1922Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1924Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne
1925 - 1927Beit Memorial Fellowship received from the Lister Institute in London
1928Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London
1928 - 1931Bacteriologist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)
1932 - 1933National Institute of Medical Research funded work in London
1934 - 1943Assistant Director of WEHI
1935Stewart Prize received from the British Medical Association
1938Walter Burfitt Prize received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1939Cilento Medal received from the Australian Institute of Anatomy
1942Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1944 - 1965Director of WEHI
1947Royal Medal received from the Royal Society
1951Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)
1953Elizabeth II Coronation Medal received
1953Lasker Award received from the American Public Health Association
1953Charles Mickle Fellowship received from the University of Toronto, Canada
1954Von Behring Prize for 1952 received from the University of Marburg
1954James Cook Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1954Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1954Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences
1957Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science
1957President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1958Member of the Order of Merit (OM)
1958Galen Medal received from the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
1959Matthew Flinders Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1959Copley Medal received from the Royal Society
1960Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine received
1960Honorary member of the Royal Society of New Zealand
1961Second Order of the Rising Sun (with Double Rays) received
1962ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science)
1962New York University Medal received
1963James Spence Medal received from the British Paediatric Association
1965 - 1969President of the Australian Academy of Science
1966 - 1977Writer and elder statesman of science at the University of Melbourne
1967Silver Medal received from the l'Institut de Microbiologie et d'Hygiene de l'Université de Montreal, Canada
1967Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene Medal received
1969Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
1971First International Congress of Immunology Award received
1973Distinguished Service Award received from the International Association of Allergy
1977Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal received
1978Knight of the Order of Australia (AK)

 
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