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Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance. He also developed the theory of clonal selection.
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Born 3 September 1899 · Died 31 August 1985 · Q193550
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1987· 1 entry
1985· 2 entries
Died 1985-08-31.
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“My part in the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance was a very minor one—it was the formulation of an hypothesis that called for experiment.”
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1982· 1 entry
Burnet was one of three contributors to Challenge to Australia, writing about genetic issues and their impact on the nation's impact
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1978· 4 entries
Awarded Knight of the Order of Australia (1978).
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Was made a Knight of the Order of Australia (AK)
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Burnet decided to officially retire; in retirement he wrote two books
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Burnet worked at the University of Melbourne
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1977· 1 entry
Won Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (1977).
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1975· 2 entries
Travelled to California to deliver a series of lectures
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His work on immunology was recognised by a 33-cent stamp released by Australia Post
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1971· 1 entry
At Monash University and advocated policies for Australia such as population control, prevention of war, long-term plans for the management of the environment and natural resources, Aboriginal land rights, socialism, rec
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1970· 2 entries
After none of his suggestions had made an impact
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Revised an earlier book which was published as Dominant Mammal: the Biology of Human Destiny; it was followed by Endurance of Life, which was published in 1978
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1969· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1969).
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Awarded honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (1969).
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Published Cellular Immunology, considered his magnum opus on immunity, which attempted to show how various phenomena could be predicted by the clonal selection theory
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The Academy founded the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, which is the Academy's highest award for biological sciences
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1966· 3 entries
Burnet wrote an opinion article for The Lancet entitled "Men or Molecules
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Burnet presented the Boyer Lectures, focusing on human biology
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Burnet accepted a nomination from Australia Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies to become the inaugural chairman of the Commonwealth Foundation, a body that aimed to increase the professional interchange between the variou
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1965· 2 entries
Although his experimental time began to decrease as the operations became increasingly focused on immunology; Burnet's work in this area had been mostly theoretical
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Having been a foundational fellow when the Academy was formed in 1954
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1964· 1 entry
Was appointed to sit on the University Council of Victoria's third university La Trobe on an interim basis until the institution was formed in 1966
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1963· 1 entry
Autoimmune Diseases: Pathogenesis, Chemistry and Therapy, which he authored with Ian Mackay, was published
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1962· 2 entries
Won Mueller Medal (1962).
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Was awarded the Mueller Medal by the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Rising Sun (1961).
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1960· 8 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.
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Awarded Australian of the Year (1960).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1960).
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Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1960).
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Was the first recipient of the Australian of the Year award
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For predicting acquired immune tolerance
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And in 1978 a Knight of the Order of Australia
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Burnet scaled back his laboratory work, taking one day off per week to concentrate on writing
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1959· 3 entries
Won Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture (1959).
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Won Copley Medal (1959).
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That it is the age of the lymphocyte that defines whether an antigen that is encountered will induce tolerance, with immature lymphocytes being tolerance-sensitive
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1958· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (1958).
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To replace the inaugural head Sir Mark Oliphant, but declined, although he served on the council and as vice president in 1961–63
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Gustav Nossal and Lederberg showed that one B cell always produces only one antibody, which was the first evidence for clonal selection theory
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1957· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand (1957).
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That a graft-versus-host reaction occurred when the blood of an adult fowl was injected into a blood vessel of a chick embryo; this was known as the Simonsen phenomenon
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Burnet decided that research at the Hall Institute should focus on immunology
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1956· 1 entry
Became interested in Niels Kaj Jerne's natural selection hypothesis, which described a mechanism for immune response based on an earlier theory of Nobel-winning immunologist Paul Ehrlich
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1954· 1 entry
Won James Cook Medal (1954).
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1953· 4 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1953).
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Won Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953).
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When they showed that splenocytes could be engrafted by intravenous infusion into mice in utero or just after birth and that when these mice matured, they could accept skin and other tissues from the donor but not from a
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And was elected appointed to the Order of Merit (OM) in the 1958 Queen's Birthday Honours
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1952· 2 entries
Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1952).
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Awarded Emil-von-Behring-Prize (1952).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Bachelor (1951).
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1950· 1 entry
Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1950).
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1947· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1947).
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1946· 1 entry
Initiated the Clinical Research Unit to allow for closer cooperation with the clinical activities of the now named Royal Melbourne Hospital
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1944· 3 entries
It was decided by the University of Melbourne that Burnet would be appointed a professor as part of a cooperative program so that university students could be experimentally trained at the Hall Institute, while the resea
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Was appointed director of the Hall Institute when Kellaway was appointed director of the Wellcome Foundation
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Was considered a public figure and overcame shyness to become a good public speaker
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1942· 3 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1942).
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Was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1944 he travelled to Harvard University to deliver the Dunham Lectures
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The investigations into scrub typhus accelerated after an exodus of researchers in that field from Malaya after the Japanese conquest of the area
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1941· 1 entry
Wrote a monograph called "The Production of Antibodies", which was revised and reissued in 1949 with Frank Fenner as a co-author
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1929· 1 entry
Burnet and his graduate assistant Margot McKie wrote a paper suggesting that bacteriophages could exist as a stable non-infectious form that multiplies with the bacterial host
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1927· 1 entry
On the link between O-agglutinins and bacteriophage
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1925· 1 entry
And served as ship's surgeon during his journey in exchange for a free fare
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1924· 1 entry
And his PhD from the University of London in 1928
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1923· 2 entries
And had a few dates but did not keep in touch
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Took up the post of senior resident pathologist at the Melbourne Hospital; the laboratories were a part of the Institute
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1922· 1 entry
Ranking second in the final exams despite the death of his father a few weeks earlier
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1919· 1 entry
Was one of 12 high-performing students selected for extra tuition, and he came equal first in third year physiology
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1916· 1 entry
Placing first in his school overall, and in history, English, chemistry and physics
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1913· 1 entry
Burnet was the only boarder with a full scholarship
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1909· 1 entry
When Frank was posted to be the bank manager there, having declined a post in London
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-09-03.
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