Frank Macfarlane Burnet

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Nobel laureate
biologist
gptkbp:advocatesFor vaccination programs
scientific research funding
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Walter_and_Eliza_Hall_Institute_of_Medical_Research
gptkbp:awardedBy 1960
Order of Australia
C.V. Starr Award
Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Melbourne
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
gptkbp:birthPlace Traralgon,_Victoria,_Australia
gptkbp:born September 3, 1899
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:collaboratedWith other leading scientists
gptkbp:contributedTo understanding of autoimmune diseases
the field of virology
gptkbp:contribution development of vaccines
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Melbourne,_Australia
gptkbp:died August 31, 1985
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Melbourne
gptkbp:fellow gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London
gptkbp:field immunology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy medical research
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frank Macfarlane Burnet
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Peter_Medawar
immunology research
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Louis_Pasteur
gptkbp:inspiration future immunologists
gptkbp:involvedIn public health initiatives
gptkbp:knownFor theory of acquired immunological tolerance
Burnet's_hypothesis
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Burnet_Institute
gptkbp:members gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality Australian
gptkbp:participatedIn international scientific conferences
gptkbp:publishedBy The Immune System
Immunology: A Short Course
The Evolution of the Immune System
gptkbp:publishes A History of Immunology
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Australian_government
pioneering work in immunology
gptkbp:researchAreas pathogen-host interactions
gptkbp:researchContribution understanding of immune response
gptkbp:researchFocus viral infections
gptkbp:servedIn director_of_the_Walter_and_Eliza_Hall_Institute
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Burnet
gptkbp:supported scientific education
gptkbp:wrote The_Clonal_Selection_Theory_of_Acquired_Immunity