As of 2021, Peter Doherty and his wife Penny live in Melbourne.
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Peter C. Doherty
Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate.
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science · Australian immunologist Nobel laureate (born 1940) · immunologist · veterinarian · professor · physician · also Peter C. Doherty, Peter Doherty (immunologist), Peter Charles Doherty, Peter Doherty, Doherty
Born 15 October 1940 · Q309814
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2021· 1 entry
2020· 1 entry
During the COVID-19 pandemic when he accidentally tweeted the phrase 'Dan Murphy opening hours' instead of performing a web search for it
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Victoria (2017).
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2015).
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2012· 1 entry
Doherty was appointed as an Honorary Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin
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2009· 1 entry
As part of the Q150 celebrations, Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention"
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2002· 1 entry
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2001· 1 entry
Won Centenary Medal (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Won Mendel Medal (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Leeuwenhoek Lecture (1999).
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1997· 3 entries
Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (1997).
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Awarded Australian of the Year (1997).
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Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1996· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1996).
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And was named Australian of the Year in 1997
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1995).
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1986).
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1983· 3 entries
Awarded Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1983).
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Awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1983).
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And a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987
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1970· 1 entry
From the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, then returned to Australia to continue his research at the John Curtin School of Medical Research within the Australian National University in Canberra
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1962· 1 entry
From the University of Queensland, he was a rural veterinary officer for the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock before taking up laboratory-based work at the Department's Animal Research Institute
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1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-10-15.
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