Sir Macfarlane Burnet

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Lasker_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1899-09-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Traralgon,_Victoria,_Australia
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 1985-08-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Melbourne,_Victoria,_Australia
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Charles_Kellaway
gptkbp:fieldOfWork immunology
microbiology
virology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Frank_Macfarlane_Burnet
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gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
OM KBE FRS FAA
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Macfarlane Burnet
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Peter_Medawar
gptkb:Frank_Fenner
gptkb:Gustav_Nossal
gptkb:Donald_Metcalf
gptkbp:knownFor clonal selection theory
immunological tolerance
work on influenza virus
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Australian_Academy_of_Science
gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Peter_Medawar
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1960
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Gustav_Nossal
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:immunologist
biologist
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Biological_Aspects_of_Infectious_Disease
gptkb:Natural_History_of_Infectious_Disease
gptkb:The_Clonal_Selection_Theory_of_Acquired_Immunity
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Melbourne,_Australia
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Melbourne,_Australia
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gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Edith_Linda_Druce
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