Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Frank_Macfarlane_Burnet
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biologist
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gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
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gptkbp:birthDate 1899-09-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Traralgon,_Victoria,_Australia
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gptkb:Ian_Burnet
gptkbp:deathDate 1985-08-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Melbourne,_Victoria,_Australia
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microbiology
virology
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gptkb:FRCP
gptkb:FRCPath
Sir
FRACP
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Peter_Doherty
gptkb:Gustav_Nossal
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gptkbp:knownFor clonal selection theory
immunological tolerance
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1960
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work on acquired immunological tolerance
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author
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gptkb:The_Lancet
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gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_the_Humanities
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