| Authorised form of name | Burnet; Sir; Frank Macfarlane (1899 - 1985) |
| Dates | 1899 - 1985 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |
| Date of birth | 03/09/1899 |
| Place of death | Port Fairy, Victoria |
| Date of death | 31/08/1985 |
| Occupation | Pathologist |
| Research field | Bacteriophages |
| Activity | Education:
Traralgon and Terang State Schools; Geelong College (1913-1916); University of Melbourne. MB, BS (1922); MD (1924), PhD (London)
Career:
Resident pathologist, Melbourne Hospital (1923-1925); Research Fellow, Lister Institute, London (1926-1927); Assistant Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne (1928); Fellow, National Institute of Medical Research (1932-1933); Assistant Director (1934-1944), then Director (1944-1965), Hall Institute, Melbourne; Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Melbourne; turned from the study of virology to immunology
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1960
Honours:
Kt 1951; OM 1958; KBE 1969
Memberships:
Australian Academy of Sciences (Foundation Fellow 1954, President 1965-1969); International Association of Microbiological Sciences (President 1953-1957); FRCP (1953); FRCPE (1953) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1942 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1947; Copley Medal 1959
Lectures:
Croonian 1950 |
| Relationships | Married: 1) (1928) Linda Druce (she died 1973); 2) (1976) Hazel Jenkin |
| Source | Sources:
AE
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1987 vol 33 pp 99-162, plate, by F J Fenner
References:
N W Pirie, 'Broad-Minded Biologist', review of Christopher Sexton, The Seeds of Time: the Life of Sir Macfarlane Burnet in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 305-310, plate |
| Code | NA8041 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| GLB/65/70/5 | Brown to Sir Macfarlane Burnet, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne | 11 August 1965 |
| GLB/65/70/6 | Sir Macfarlane Burnet, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne to Brown | 20 August 1965 |
| EC/1942/02 | Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/5396 | Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane | nd |
| HD/25/21 | Presentation album for Henry Dale on his retirement from the National Institute for Medical Research | 30 September 1942 |
| MDA/N/1/72 | Correspondence between Macfarlane Burnet and the Royal Society | 5 November 1959-18 July 1960 |