Professor Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Preferred forename Macfarlane
Professor of medicine
- Born
- 3 September 1899, Traralgon, Vic
- Died
- 31 August 1985, Port Fairy, Vic
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- Frank Burnet (bank mgr)
- Mother
- Hadassah McKay
- Married Edith Linda Marston Druce [qv]
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.
- FRS 1942, FAA 1963, FRACP 1947, FRCP Lond 1953.
- Dir, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
- Prof of Experimental Med, UMelb 1944-65.
- Winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med 1960.
- Knight bachelor 1951, OM 1958, KBE 1969, AK 1978.
Sources
Other Online: https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/frank-macfarlane-burnet-1899-1985
Other:
- RACP website.