Fenner, Frank Johannes (1914–2010)
Biographical Entries
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Fenner, Ellen Margaret (wife)
- Fenner, Victoria (daughter)
- Fenner, Charles Albert (father)
- Craig, David Parker (friend)
- Clunies Ross, William Ian (colleague)
- Burnet, Frank Macfarlane (colleague)
- Wood, Ian Alexander Christie (colleague)
- Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (colleague)
- Coombs, Herbert Cole (colleague)
- Wright, Roy Douglas (colleague)
Frank Fenner, by Loui Seselja, 2001
National Library of Australia, 22966245
Life Summary [details]
Birth
21 December,
1914
Ballarat,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
22 November,
2010
(aged 95)
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,
Australia
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
- Rose Park Primary School (Adelaide)
- Thebarton Technical School (Adelaide)
- Adelaide High School
- University of Adelaide
Occupation or Descriptor
Military Service
Awards
- Britannica Australia Award
- Matthew Flinders Medal (Australian Academy of Science)
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
- Mueller Medal (ANZAAS)
- Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companion of the Order of Australia
- Copley Medal (Royal Society)
- Albert Einstein World Award of Science (World Cultural Council)
- Prime Minister's Prize for Science
Legacies
- Fenner federal electorate (ACT)
- Fenner Hall (ANU)
- Fenner Medal (Australian Academy of Science)
- Fenner School of Environment and Society (ANU)
Key Organisations
- Australian Academy of Science
- National Academy of Sciences (US)
- Royal Society of London (UK)
- Australian Conservation Foundation