Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane (Mac) (1899–1985)
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Frank MacFarlane Burnet, c.1960
State Library of Victoria, 49345074
Life Summary [details]
Birth
3 September,
1899
Traralgon,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
31 August,
1985
(aged 85)
Port Fairy,
Victoria,
Australia
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education
- Geelong College (Vic)
- Ormond College (University of Melbourne)
- University of Melbourne
- University of London
Occupation
Awards
- Cilento Medal (Australian Institute of Anatomy)
- Knight Bachelor
- James Cook Medal (Royal Society of New South Wales)
- Order of Merit
- Copley Medal (Royal Society)
- Matthew Flinders Medal (Australian Academy of Science)
- Australian of the Year
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Mueller Medal (ANZAAS)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Knight of the Order of Australia
Legacies
Key Organisations
- Royal Society of London (UK)
- International Association of Microbiological Societies
- Royal College of Physicians
- Australian Academy of Science
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Australian Radiation Advisory Committee
- Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- British Commonwealth Foundation