Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Frank Macfarlane Burnet (n. 3 septembrie 1899, Traralgon^⁠(d), Victoria, Australia – d. 31 august 1985, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) (cunoscut și sub presurtările Macfarlane sau Mac Burnet) a fost un virusolog australian, cunoscut pentru contribuțiile sale în domeniul imunologiei.

Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Date personale
Născut	3 septembrie 1899[1][2][3][4][5] Traralgon⁠(d), Victoria, Australia
Decedat	31 august 1985 (85 de ani)[2][3][1][5][6] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cauza decesului	cauze naturale (cancer)
Cetățenie	Australia[7]
Ocupație	imunolog[*]​ virolog[*]​ medic chimist cercetător
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză[3]
Activitate
Rezidență	Canterbury[*][[Canterbury (suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)|​]]
Domeniu	imunologie virusologie
Instituție	University of Melbourne
Alma Mater	University of Melbourne Universitatea din Londra
Organizații	Societatea Regală din Londra Academia Regală Suedeză de Științe Academia Australiană de Științe[*]​ Academia Americană de Arte și Științe[*]​ American Philosophical Society[*][[American Philosophical Society (American scholarly organization and learned society)|​]][8] Asociația Americană pentru Progresul Științei[*]​[8] Academia Națională de Științe a Statelor Unite ale Americii[*]​
Conducător de doctorat	John Ledingham[*][[John Ledingham (Ledingham, Sir John Charles Grant (1875–1944), bacteriologist)|​]]
Premii	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research[*][[Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (American award for a fundamental discovery that opens up a new area of biomedical science)|​]] (1952)[9] Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire[*][[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (award, rank of the Order of the British Empire)|​]] (1 ianuarie 1969) Medalia Copley (1959)[10] Royal Medal (1947) Premiul Nobel pentru Fiziologie sau Medicină (1960)[11][12] Emil-von-Behring-Preis[*][[Emil-von-Behring-Preis (award)|​]] (1952) Australian of the Year[*][[Australian of the Year (Australian award presented on Australia Day each year)|​]] (1960) James Cook Medal[*][[James Cook Medal (medal awarded by Royal Society of New South Wales for "outstanding contributions to science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere" (1947–))|​]] (1954)[13] Mueller Medal[*][[Mueller Medal (award for important contributions to the natural sciences)|​]] (1962) Ordinul de Merit[*]​ (12 iunie 1958) Ordinul Soarelui Răsare (1961) Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal[*][[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (British and Commonwealth medal)|​]] (1953) Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal[*]​ (1977) Knight Bachelor[*][[Knight Bachelor (title granted to a man who has been knighted by the British monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry)|​]] (1 ianuarie 1951) Croonian Medal and Lecture[*][[Croonian Medal and Lecture (prestigious lectureships given at the invitation of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians)|​]] (1950) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[*][[Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science)|​]] (1953)[14] honorary doctor of the University of Sydney[*][[honorary doctor of the University of Sydney |​]] Ordinul Australiei[*]​ () Knight of the Order of Australia[*][[Knight of the Order of Australia (highest award in the Order of Australia (1976–2015))|​]] (26 ianuarie 1978)[15] Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture[*][[Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture (Awarded by the Australian Academy of Science to recognise exceptional research by Australian scientists in the physical sciences)|​]] (1959)[16] honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons[*][[honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (fellowship)|​]] (1969)[17] Membru al Societății Regale[*]​ (1942)[18] Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[*][[Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, distinct from elected fellows)|​]] (din 1960)[19] honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand[*][[honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand (award in New Zealand)|​]] (1957)[20]
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Medalia Premiului Nobel

A obșinut diploma în medicină la Universitatea din Melbourne.^[21]

Pentru rezultatele sale, în 1960 i s-a decernat Premiul Nobel pentru Fiziologie sau Medicină.^[22]