Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985) was an Australian virologist. In 1960, He was given a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work dealing with immunology.

Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet in 1945.
Born	3 September 1899 Traralgon, Australia
Died	31 August 1985(1985-08-31) (aged 85) Port Fairy, Australia
Occupation	Virologist
Known for	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960

Frank Macfarlane Burnet Media

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  Frank Macfarlane Burnet with wife and daughters in Stockholm in 1960

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  Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, was named after Burnet.

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  Burnet working in the laboratory in 1945

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  Peter Colman, Officer of the CSIRO at the Division of Protein Chemistry, showing his flu protein (neuraminidase) model to Frank Macfarlane Burnet

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  Frank Macfarlane Burnet in Stockholm in 1960