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
250px 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

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

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  Burnet working in the laboratory in 1945

• CSIRO ScienceImage 2005 Peter Colman and Frank Macfarlane Burnet.jpg

  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